Day 29 - Transmasc

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenosaga (Video Games), Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game)

M/M | for ExclCross | 100 words | 2022-06-29 | Pride Month 2022 | AO3

Jan Sauer | Ziggurat 8 | Ziggy/Adel Orudou | Addam Origo

Jan Sauer | Ziggurat 8 | Ziggy, Adel Orudou | Addam Origo

Drabble, Prompt Fill

"You're too serious, you know."

It's not often that Addam actually accuses anyone of such a misdemeanor, as he's usually quite content to live and let live, embracing everyone's differences, but with Ziggy it's different.

"You really believe that?"

"Of course!"

With Ziggy, he knows why. He knows that the near-emotionless the other man displays is a conscious effort to broaden up, to steel back, to very nearly take the impression of being a man by force.

And yet, he's still got that blaringly obvious window in to his chest. That part, Addam hasn't quite been able to figure out.