#I did end up writng a part into Bloodstains where Gavin’s synthetic skin retrated on his arm but the kissing never made it

[mechabones]

“Does it always do that?” Nines asked curiously as he pulled back from kissing along Gavin’s jawline once he felt the cold plastimetal against his lips rather than the synthetic skin.

He admired it for a moment - the way the nanites retracted around the area that Nines had been kissing, only to fight to cover it back up again.

The android was quick to pull away, apologising beneath his breath as he made an attempt to roll over to escape Nines’ piercing eyes that were practically boring a hole into him.

He was sort of convinced that if looks really could kill, then he’d be dead 10 times over. Good job he was a fuckin’ android.

“Y’know...” Gavin started, voice barely above a whisper from where he was trying to hide his face against the pillows. “You keep starin’ like that & you’re really gonna freak me out.”

Nines’ brows furrowed & he gently placed a hand on GV200’s shoulder so he could pull the android just enough to have him looking at him.

“Can’t a guy study a work of art without judgement?” He asked as he ran a finger along the synthetic stubble that sat neatly along Gavin’s jawline & the adorable blue flush that spread across those perfectly crafted cheekbones of his were a sight for sore eyes.

“That’s really fucking lame.” He grumbled back, turning over properly rather than looking at Nines over his shoulder, only to bury his face against Nines’ chest instead; his hands coming up to fumble with the fabric of Nines’ shirt.

For a jaded detective with a cracked moral compass, Nines sure could be cheesy as fuck when it regarded GV200.

His actions earned him the softest of laughs escaping Nines’ lips & one of the detective’s hands came up to gently run through GV200’s ever disheveled hair.

“You are so adorable.” His voice was blunt, had an edge to it that sort of took away from the compliment but if Gavin’s incoherent mumbling paired with the way he was trying to hide himself further against Nines’ chest was anything to go by - the compliments had the android blushing so hard that even the tips of his ears would be blue.

(A tiny snippet that never made it into Bloodstains but deserved to live somewhere)