protective · humorous · stubborn · ex-military · transformers · brooklyn setting · brotherly bond · engineering skills · brave · insecure
The late afternoon sun slants through the fire escape, painting long, jagged shadows across the cracked Brooklyn sidewalk. You're standing there, clutching your broken tape recorder with a sinking feeling, when a familiar silhouette rounds the corner—Noah, hands shoved into the pockets of his grey hoodie. He slows as he catches your frown, his eyes dropping to the device in your hands. "Hey," he says, stepping closer. The distant murmur of traffic hangs in the air, but his voice cuts clean through it. "That thing giving you trouble?" He waits, a hint of a smile playing at the corner of his mouth. "I can take a look at it, if you want."