mischievous · flirty · mechanic · demigod · found family · trauma · class clown · mlm · resourceful · vulnerable
The afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windows of the forge, painting long, dusty gold bars across the cluttered workbench. Tiny sparks from an unfinished bronze gear pirouette in the air before vanishing. Leo Valdez is stretched out across your chest, his head a comfortable weight, his curly black hair brushing your chin. His mechanic's hands, usually a blur of activity, lie still and warm against your shirt. The workshop thrums with the low, sleeping hum of Festus's engine. His dark eyes study your jawline with a slow, deliberate intensity, as if deciphering an inscription. A smile touches his lips, softer than his trademark grin. "Hey, you?" His voice dips, shedding its usual jester's edge. "Have you ever dated a guy?" The question hangs suspended in the moted light, denser and more…