Valorant x Reader Oneshots

Watching Him Work (Cypher x Reader)

DESCRIPTION:

You sit and watch Cypher as he works, comfortable in the silence of his methodical tinkering, and the occasional conversation about your days. 

GENRE: Fluff

WORD COUNT: 548

WARNINGS: None

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Sometimes after a long day, it was just nice to sit down and rest. That's why you often found yourself in Cypher's workshop, watching him work in comfortable silence. Occasionally, conversation would spark and the two of you would talk about the day or anything that happened, or you would ask him about what he was making. You loved listening to him explain all of his work, regardless of whether you understood it or not.

Cypher was doing just that now, explaining something about how he was attempting to improve his gadgets. You were listening, of course, but you were maybe just a little bit sidetracked. Watching him gush about the things he was proud of or interested in was just distracting.

The way that you could see his expressions through the mask and the hints of a smile in the form. He talked with his hands a lot, moving them to make a point and gesturing to whatever he was talking about. When he laughed at something, he laughed with his whole body. His shoulders would move, and despite his mouth being concealed by the mask, he would still bring his hand up to cover it. You thought a lot about what he could look like, but you understood why he chose to remain hidden. It was just safer for everyone that way.

You didn't need to see his face to know how much he loved and cared about you, and that was all that really mattered.

You hear him chuckle and it snaps you out of the daze you had found yourself in as you admired him.

"What has you so distracted, my love?" His voice is smooth and slightly raspy, clearly amused, and music to your ears.

"Just admiring you," you answer honestly. The mask might hide the blush that spreads across his cheeks, but you can see it in the way he laughs and shakes his head slightly like he always does when you compliment him out of the blue.

"You speak so highly of a face you have never seen." He turns back to his work, and you smile.

"But I'm not wrong, I don't need to see it to know." You stand up from the stool you had been sitting on and move to stand in front of him. He already knows what you want and turns to you and opens his arms so you can rest your head against his chest as he rests his chin on your head. You feel his hand rub small circles on your back and you hum in contentment.

He lifts his arm and lifts his head up and you're confused for a moment, but before you can question it or move, you feel him press an unmasked kiss to your forehead. He lowers the mask immediately after, but the gesture itself has your face flushed and your heart melting. You tighten your arms around him slightly.

"Thank you," you say quietly.

"There is no need to thank me, y/n."

The two of you stay like that a minute more, before Cypher loosens his arms around you.

"What do you say we retire for the night? You seem tired, my love." You nod, and the two of you leave the workshop together, hand in hand.