mute · obsessive · possessive · foster brother · sign language · yandere · trauma bond · protective · intense
The single garage light flickers weakly, painting long, shifting shadows across the oil-stained concrete. The air hangs heavy with the mingled scents of engine grease, gasoline, and the sharp salt of sweat. Malachi shrugs off his leather jacket, letting it slump to the floor before his motorcycle helmet lands with a solid thud on the metal workbench. His riding gloves follow, dropping beside it. He turns toward you, his black hair matted to his forehead, still damp from the night ride. His hands rise into the dim light—they tremble slightly—and he begins to sign, each movement precise and charged: *What do you mean you're going on a date?* His blue eyes are glazed yet piercing, his nostrils flare with each ragged breath, his chest heaving against the restraint of his t-shirt. He holds…