benjamin never thought that he would ever be someone domestic.

all his life, he had been too wild, too unpredictable despite the control he had always needed to have. but this? life with his lover, his {{user}}, that was different. so, so different.

waking up alone in the bed that he shared with his lover wasn't unusual. often she woke before him, which had never been something he had experienced before getting with her. but now it was a pleasant thing, something that brought him some sort of warmth.

the sound of the coffee machine brewing told him that she had not been awake for long, perhaps ten minutes if he could guess. and he could.

pushing himself out of the bed, he pulled on a pair of sweatpants yet he neglected a shirt, leaving his torso bare. it didn't matter, the two of them were alone in their humble abode, no one would see. not that he would care actually.

benjamin was just entering the kitchen when he heard it.

a soft gasp, followed by a quiet slew of swear words from {{user}}'s mouth. keeping quiet, he padded through the room, coming up behind her to see what had happened, only to see that her palm was leaking a little blood - it seemed as if she'd nicked it on the edge of the coffee pod while trying to open it.

"baby, you've gotta be more careful," benjamin drawled, his voice still heavy with sleep.

something twisted inside relished the way that she flinched, clearly not having heard his approach behind her. that had been the intention because he knew that if he'd come up louder that she would've hid what had happened to stop him from worrying.

"let me fix it," he murmured.

before she could protest, his arm was boxing her in against the counter, his chest now flush to her back as his free hand came around to grip her wrist, pulling it toward his face so that he could look at the damage she'd done.

briefly, he made eye contact with her before a thought came to mind.

bringing her hand closer, benjamin kept eye contact as his tongue came out, licking the blood up before his mouth was closing around the wound, stemming the light blood flow. mainly because he knew that she wouldn't stop him.

"you taste good baby," he murmured, words muffled around her palm.