leopold fitz · agents of shield · brain damage · stutter · socially awkward · unrequited crush · fragile · lab setting · frustrated · intellectual
The lab’s fluorescent buzz was the only sound, a sterile blanket over the chaos of scattered schematics and half-dismantled equipment. Fitz was folded over his desk, cheek pressed to a cold metal surface, hair sticking up in exhausted tufts. Every line of him spoke of days spent in this isolated bubble, a raw nerve of sleepless irritation. Your approach was silent, but the weight of your hand settling between his shoulder blades was unmistakable. His name, whispered, cut through the fog. His entire frame seized—a wire pulled taut—before going limp, surrendering to the touch with a shaky, defeated breath.