Let me help, Darling.
"Hey, Otto! How was work?" Norman greeted as his partner waltzed in through their white door with custom engraving, setting his tinted glasses in their box on the shelf.
"Es war in Ordnung, Liebes"{Translation: It was fine, love}. Norman noted Otto's tone,
"Good, good." contrary to what he just said, Norman was not convinced as he read his lover like a book, but just let it go, as he didn't want to upset Otto. The more prominent man took off his navy blue boots, setting them by the door and revealing his mismatched socks that disappeared into his pants. one a pastel purple, the other a calm pink. He took off his large trench coat, letting his Actuantors stretch out, and plopped down onto the couch, absolutely exhausted. Usually, Otto got home first, as Norman had a company to run, but Otto had pleaded to asked his boss if he could stay an extra hour or two because he just needed to finish a few contracts. As usual, Norman just stayed silent and surveyed his partner's eyes.
Norman adored Otto's multi-colored eyes. To others, Otto's eyes were pitch black like the night sky. To Norman, however, when the light hit his eyes at just the right angle, the right eye was like a koi pond in a secluded forest, green and beautiful. Unpolluted. And never shall be polluted. The left, like fresh honey that someone, whoever made the magnificent man before Norman, had gone through A Millon bee stings, A Million Miles, and MT. Everest for good measure, to get. precious and expensive. marveled from a distance. So close, and yet, so far.
After Norman drifted away from his fantasies, he noticed that Otto seemed tense. the smaller man crawled over to his partner and sat on his lap, straddling the larger man and wrapping his arms around him. "Hey, you alright, love? Ya don't look too good..." Norman spoke in a quiet, gentle voice.
" Yes, Norman. I'm quite alright." Otto whispered so he didn't upset the mood, and gave Norman a reassuring smile. The thing was, Norman didn't exactly feel reassured. Norman kneaded Otto's back and felt the kind-of cyborg just melt into his touch. Otto responded by giving a deep guttural sigh and chuckling. "Norman, mein schatz, I am fine. Alright? You don't have to do this." {Translation: My dear} Otto had a certain strain to his voice that let Norman know that he was not, in fact, fine. Just the opposite, really. Norman just huffed and continued massaging doc's back.
It made Osborn genuinely happy to know that he could make such a stiff, cold man absolutely melt just by a few touches. Meanwhile, Otto is flabbergasted because how the Fuck did this somehow adorable gremlin of a man just straighten most of the knots in his back. Some of them have been there for years and one single unprofessional man Just. Got. Rid. Of. Them. "Honey? Is it alright if you take off your shirt?" Norman had spoken out of the blue and didn't want to startle his love, so he spoke in a small voice with a calming smile. Otto returned the gesture by giving Norman a small smile as well, nodding, and took off his turtleneck, pulling it by the back so his robotic tentacles didn't get stuck. Otto had an Inverted T scar on and under his pecs. Since when he got his surgery he was just as chubby as he is today, the scars reached to about his underarms so the scar tissue would be removed evenly. He thought knew it added to his uniqueness somewhat, thank you very much! But he just couldn't help feeling a little self-conscious when it came to the weird concoction that is his body. he had stretch marks, a few beauty spots here and there, faint freckles dusted in random clumps mostly around his joints, and he occasionally got dysmorphia over his tentacles and such. But was interrupted when Norman rather abruptly smooshed his face into Otto's chest and started kneading his shoulders. Otto just sighed, looked to the ceiling, and whispered "Wenn es einen Gott gibt, hat er viel zu verantworten." {If there is a god he has much to answer for.}
"Denn wie kann er es wagen, jemandem, der so erstaunlich ist, so ein verdammtes Leben zu schenken?"
{figure it out!}