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It felt as if Robert’s body had shut down, standing in the middle of the cold gym staring where Flambae had just been standing. He could still feel the warmth lingering through his body, the ache in his shoulders had lessened, not gone, but better.
“Fuck” he muttered to no one in particular before shaking his head, as to reset his brain, and moving forward to the weights that had been left on the ground, the weights were extremely warm to the touch, and there was a hand grip slightly melted into the handle.
He’d plan to work out after changing his wet shirt, and he would be damned if he’d let a flame-ball of a man ruin his plan.
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A few hours had passed, and Robert was now sitting in the break room, nursing a cup of half-cold coffee. The rest of the Z team had arrived for the shift, greeting Robert before going off doing whatever they do when they’re not working, as long as they weren’t committing crimes (or rather getting caught), Robert couldn’t care less.
“You look like shit”, he turned to see Invisigal appear beside him.
“Thanks, Visi, I know I can always count on you”
She just laughed at him before disappearing once again, leaving Robert in the empty break room. He raised his hand, running it through his hair as he exhaled and leaned back in his chair.
Lately, he couldn’t stop thinking about Flambae, his warm hand, his seductive smirk, it made his chest tighten and his mind race. He didn’t know what to think, he’d never felt like this before.
Sure, he’d been in relationships, but they never lasted long. When he was Mecha man, he had had little to no free time, all he cared about was helping people, so he stuck to hooking up in bar bathrooms. No feelings means no connection, no connection means he wouldn’t get close to someone, just to lose them in the end.
Yet with Flambae, it felt different, he wanted to get closer, he wanted to see the fire and feel the burn, he wanted a connection, and it terrified him.
The subtle flirting, the warm touches, the glances across the room, Robert couldn’t help but feel like he was being fucked with.
Flambae loves to play pranks on people, especially Robert. What if this was all just another prank and Robert was falling for it hook, line and sinker.