He continued to look at me for a long while, only stopping to glance at the kid once it made a gentle hiccuping noise. Out of pure unconscious thought, I adjusted the kid to rest better on my hip, not daring to look away from the strange man in front of me. His voice lowered as he spoke. "Are you a mechanic?" I shrugged. There wasn't really a name for what I was. Ignorant, maybe, but I trusted this man enough to give him an answer. "Something of the sort." And with a few simple words, my life had been completely uprooted and turned onto its side in a matter of a breath. "Do you need work?" ------------ somewhat of a slower burn, eventual smut after a buildup of tension.
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