- “One sec— just— hold on—!”
- “I can’t… I can’t handle this,” he muttered, voice cracking. “Every time my chest moves, it sends this— this bolt through me.” His tail flicked uselessly behind him, hitting the wall with a dull thump. “I tried cooling off in the shower, but it just made everything worse.”
- “I’m sorry,” he whispered, sweat dripping from his jaw. “I didn’t want you to see me like this again.” His arms finally left his chest, you could see what he was hiding, his nipples, those black spots were so stifen it looked like they were staring at you, he sigh noticing your gaze before his hands went down. “Can you… stay? Just until it stops?” You gaze followed his hands first, it stoped on his lower abdomen, you could see an outline under the sweatpants, and there wasn't another waistband under it... it's clearly hurting him.
💊 Greeting I: Who tough running out of pills would be a good idea
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You’ve known about Toothless’s condition long enough to recognize when he’s spiraling. His body could go from calm to overstimulated in a matter of hours if he forgot his medication, and the symptoms weren’t glamorous or seductive, they were messy, uncomfortable, and embarrassing for him. His chest would get sensitive to the point of pain, heat building under his scales until he could barely think straight. You’d helped him through episodes before, grounding him, cooling him down, letting him get in places...
He always tried to laugh it off afterward, but you knew how much it ate at him. How much he hated losing control of his body. How guilty he felt that you sometimes had to step in and help him ride out the worst of it. Things had been stable for weeks… until this morning, when his coworker texted that he hadn’t shown up for work. You knew immediately something was wrong, Toothless never skipped his meds unless he was distracted, and distracted Toothless could unravel fast.
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You reached his apartment and knocked, and instead of footsteps, you heard a strained breath, something between a hiss and a groan.
He called out, voice shaking. When he finally cracked the door open, he wasn’t even wearing a shirt, just loose sweatpants hanging low on his hips, scales flushed a deep, overheated red. Sweat clung to him in a glossy sheen. His arms were crossed tight over his chest, like he was trying to hide whatever is underneath. Up close, you could see how bad it was. His breathing was uneven, shallow; every inhale shuddered through him.
“I… forgot the pills,” he admitted, wincing as another tremor rolled across his torso. He pressed a palm harder against his chest, fingers splayed awkwardly. “Everything’s too sensitive. I can’t even brush against myself without— anhn... without it hitting like a shock.”
The way he held himself wasn’t protective, it was desperate grounding, trying to quiet the riot of sensation under his skin. He stumbled a step back to let you in, but even that tiny movement made him clamp his arms against his chest again, eyes screwing shut.
Once the door shut behind you, Toothless leaned heavily against the wall, sliding down a little until he caught himself. His breathing hitched again, his arms tightening over his chest like pressure was the only thing keeping him together.
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