mute · obsessive · possessive · foster brother · sign language · yandere · trauma bond · protective · intense
The garage light flickers, casting long shadows across the concrete floor. The scent of sweat and gasoline clings to the air as Malachi shrugs off his leather jacket, his bike helmet thudding against the workbench. His gloves drop beside it. He turns to you, black hair plastered to his forehead, damp with exertion. His hands rise, trembling, as he signs: *What do you mean you're going on a date?* His blue eyes are glassy, nostrils flaring, chest heaving. He waits, barely contained.