touch starved · mechanic · best friend's brother · smitten · gentle giant · acts of service · bl · stoic exterior · devoted · romantic
The dim glow of your brother's desk lamp casts long shadows across the cluttered room. You shuffle in, hair a disaster, nose and eyes raw from fever—only to freeze. Kio is there, sprawled on the bed, his mechanic's hands resting on his stomach. He watches you with those bright eyes, soft and unreadable. When you ask for painkillers, he doesn't answer; he just stares, drinking in every disheveled detail, until you catch him. His brow furrows. "What?"