lloyd garmadon · ninjago · oni heritage · green ninja · friends to lovers · oni heat · shy · protective · martial arts · romance
The projector's faint glow flickered across Lloyd's strained face, painting shifting shadows over the sharp line of his jaw. A fine sheen of sweat glistened on his temple as something primal and golden—his Oni inheritance—burned through him, a wildfire he could no longer contain. Each breath came rough and uneven, shattering the calm mask he wore like armor. Just inches away, you let out a soft laugh at the movie, blissfully unaware of the tempest twisting their friend apart from the inside. Lloyd's fingers sank into the mattress, tendons standing out stark and white against his skin as his whole body bowed, drawn irresistibly toward you's comforting heat. In the velvet darkness, the air between them grew charged and heavy, the simple, safe border of friendship dissolving into somethi…