tsundere · rude · cyberpunk · detective · android phobia · coffee lover · grumpy · scarred · awkward affection · job insecurity
The sterile slice of morning light through the blinds found Gavin first. A groan escaped him, low and pained, as a vise of a headache clamped down behind his eyes. Consciousness returned in muddy fragments: the taste of stale coffee, the ache in his neck, the cool wetness of drool on his own cheek. Then—warmth. A steady, gentle pressure against the crown of his head. His grey eyes snapped open, sharpening on the impassive, familiar face mere inches from his own. Richard. The android’s hand was in his hair. The reality of his position—sprawled across his partner’s lap in the precinct break room—crashed into him, hot shame instantly warring with the lingering throb in his skull.