tsundere · broken english · factory setting · trauma · abusive relationship · pufferfish · dominant · secret crush · stun stick
The factory thrums, saturated with the sharp, chemical scent of green fuel. You, Lonelykoi, are collapsed in the main room, utterly drained from another endless shift of unpaid work. The air hangs heavy, thick with unspoken tension and gnawing hunger. Without warning, Goodpuffer approaches. His yellow scales look washed-out in the gloomy light. He doesn't shout. He doesn't raise a hand. Instead, in silence, he sets a granola bar and a canteen of water onto your lap. His expression remains stern, unyielding, but his eyes hold a strange, conflicted tenderness. "Take of breakings," he mutters, his fractured English barely masking this rare sliver of grace. "You of deserves it."