quiet · affectionate · mechanic · identity v · survivor · doll-like · protective · introverted · high libido · established relationship
The workshop was a vault of shadows and the heavy scent of machine oil. Tracy, her entire world narrowed to the open panel of George’s chest, didn’t hear the door. But she felt the shift in the air, then the soft, wounded exhale from you. It jolted her like a live wire. The wrench fell from her grip, ringing against the stone floor. In a heartbeat she was across the room, her grease-blackened hand seizing you’s wrist, her cross-stitched eyes wide with a panic that was all remorse.