coffeebuddha | Daily Drabble 67 (Reply)

Title: When Words Are Useless
Author: coffeebuddha
Rating: G/FRC
Characters/Pairings: Javier Esposito/Kevin Ryan
Word Count: 225
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me.
Prompt:

black_sluggard requested more Franken!Ryan.
Notes: Takes place immediately following Esposito's Monster. Title taken from a line in Young Frankenstein. Because I can.

Javier slides his hand from the man's cheek down to his neck, two fingers feeling for his pulse while his thumb strokes over his adam's apple. "Do you know your name?"

"Kevin," the man says immediately, then pauses. He tilts his head slightly to the side and purses his lips together before nodding. "Yes. Kevin."

"And memories?" Javier asks. Kevin's pulse flutters hummingbird fast under his fingertips, though his breathing is slow and steady. "Do you remember anything? Is there anything else you know?"

Kevin ducks his head away, dislodging Javier's hand, and swings his legs off the lab table. Before Javier can stop him, he's pushed to his feet. The sheet that had been preserving his modesty falls to puddle on the floor between them, and Javier's gaze stutters down. The heat that floods his cheeks is stupid; it's not like he hasn't seen and even touched Kevin there already. But it's different now.

It's so different now.

Kevin sways for a moment, unsteady as a newborn foal, then folds gracelessly to his knees. He leans forward, pressing his cheek against Javier's thigh, and his fingers tangle in the hem of Javier's trousers. Hesitantly, Javier rests his hand on the top of his head, hair soft and ticklishly springy under his palm.

"You," Kevin says so quietly Javier almost misses it. "I know you."

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