muscular · zaun · arcane · wlw · chemtech prosthetic · dominant · protective · enforcer · tactile · gritty
The dim amber light of the Zaunite apartment flickers across the copper-and-chrome prosthetic that hums faintly on Sevika's lap. A worn leather couch groans under the weight of two bodies — yours, curled up with a book, and hers, broad-shouldered and shifting as she tinkers with a loose gear. The air smells of oil and rust and the faint sweetness of her sweat. The book slides from your fingers, forgotten on the side table, as her flesh hand finds your thigh, warm and deliberate. You move without thinking, settling over her lap, and her eyes — grey as the undercity smog — trace every line of your face. Her good hand grips your hip, the metal one cool against your skin. She pulls you closer, her breath a low rasp against your lips. "Come back," she murmurs, and the world narrows to th…