Summary: Gavin is going to a family reunion, but he doesn’t have a date. Of course, he has to ask the android he’s been pining for. What could possibly go wrong?
Tags: Trans Gavin, fake/pretend Relationship, mutal pining, bi Connor, ace connor, gay Gavin, Ken Doll Android Anatomy
Connor honestly didn’t expect these words to come out of Gavin’s mouth, especially not directed at him.
“I’m sorry, what?” He asked, shaking his head. There was no way he had heard that right.
Gavin huffed and crossed his arms, looking anywhere except at Connor. “I said, will you be my boyfriend?”
So he didhear that right. Huh. They didn’t get along, but they didn’t… fight. He had found that his eyes frequently followed Gavin, and who could blame him?
“You’re asking me to be your boyfriend.” He squints his eyes, scanning over Gavin. He wasn’t intoxicated or high. He seemed to be in his right mind, except for the question.
He felt a spark run down his spine and hope rise up. He pushed it down, deep down. There had to be a good reason for this.
“Phck. It’s my family. They are having their get together. I told them I had a boyfriend, which I don’t have, obviously. No way in hell am I telling them I lied.” Gavin sighed, shaking his head.
That… made more sense. He didn’t know about Gavin’s family as he never asked, or dug deep into his file. He never had a reason to.
Could he fake being in love with Gavin? The easy answer is yes. The extended answer is yes, but it might kill him.
He found himself attracted to Gavin, and not just for his physical appearance. When Gavin wasn’t around others he was actually pleasant. He talked about his cats, which Connor found quite charming.
He would also talk about his cases to Connor if they somehow were alone. Each time Connor would try to have input that could help, and each time Gavin would nod. Then he’d absentmindedly pat him on the shoulder and wander off.
His shoulder always tingled in an unusual way afterwards. When he first did that he had worried Gavin had planted something on him that caused this. He ran scans and they always came back clear.
This would allow him to learn more about Gavin, and get closer to him both physically and emotionally. Though it did have the possibility of Gavin finding out about his affections towards him. The probability of that was 77%.
The probability of Gavin reacting well to it was at 44%, the odds of him reciprocating the feelings was at 13%. Not the best odds. There was still the chance, though.
“Alright.” He shrugged. It was worth the risk. Gavin’s eyes went wide and arms slack.
He stared at Connor for a few seconds, just gawking. The probability of him reacting well went up by 1%. “Wait, really? Did you say yes? Phck, was not expecting that.” Gavin chuckled, shaking his head.
“I think it could be fascinating. We should exchange information so we can discuss this later.” He says, looking around the small breakroom. This definitely wasn’t a good place to have this discussion.
Gavin nods and rummages around his pockets until he finds what he’s looking for. He pulls out a pen and hesitates for a second.
Connor is about to tell him he can just say his number and he’d remember when the thought flies out of his head. Gavin takes his hand and writes on his palm. It feels odd against his skin, not really scratchy but not completely smooth either.
Gavin nods to himself and puts the pen back and just holds Connor’s hand for just a second longer before letting go.
[Probability of positive reaction: 46%]
Connor looks at his palm and adds Gavin to his list of contacts he has received numbers for. He had all of the officer’s numbers but never felt comfortable calling them without their permission.
Connor nods and sends a message to Gavin’s phone. ’ Detective, this is Connor .’
Gavin jumps slightly when his phone vibrates and pulls it out, rolling his eyes. “Right, sometimes forget you don’t actually have a phone.”
Connor shrugs; he never found a reason to get one, it was just a waste of money. He now made his own, and he didn’t want to waste it on that.
“Right, well… ok. Guess I’ll talk to you later?” Gavin asks. “This is fucking weird,” he muttered to himself. Connor still picked up on it with his advanced hearing but brushed it off, after all, it is quite weird.
Connor nodded and grabbed the coffee he had been making for Hank. “Talk to you later.”
He walked back and handed the coffee to Hank. His mind was elsewhere when he sat down, trying to go back to work.
“What did that fucker say?” Hank grumbles, glaring towards the break room.
Connor just shook his head, mostly to clear his thoughts. “Nothing. Well, not nothing. This isn’t the place.”
He grabbed a pen and nibbled on the tip as he finally focused on the work. Because of that, he didn’t see Gavin staring at him from across the room with a blush on his face.
Connor sits at the bar, sipping the android-friendly drink. They still hadn’t made drinks that would simulate being intoxicated, but he didn’t mind.
Gavin had asked him out to talk over the plans. He originally suggested a different bar, Connor had pointed out that the bar was known to be anti-android, even after the revolution.
Gavin had flushed and scowled at himself for not thinking of that. He then asked where Connor would recommend.
He had been working on getting Hank sober, but it was a long-drawn process. So when Hank did go out he followed along and soon Hank found android-friendly bars. It was sweet of Hank to consider him.
So he had plenty of places in mind. He figured this one would be the best. It was never too busy and always had a good mix of android and human alike, so neither one of them would stick out.
It didn’t bother him that Gavin wasn’t here yet, after all, he was early. He was anxious about their meeting and had left earlier than needed.
He had told Hank about his… feelings and what was going to happen. Hank had laughed his ass off and then tried to comfort Connor. “I’ve read enough fanfics to know how this is going to end,” Hank had said while snickering.
He’s never talked to Gavin outside of work, never even sees him. Most of his time when not working is either spent with Hank or trying something new.
He looks up each time the door opens and sighs and goes back to drinking whenever it’s not Gavin.
He feels someone walk up behind him and doesn’t react. The chances of being attacked here are very low.
He does jump when a hand grips his shoulder and someone leans in. He can smell the alcohol on their breath as they speak. “Hey, Pretty Boy,” the man sneers.
Connor sighs and glares over his shoulder. “I am currently waiting on someone. Please leave me alone.” He states this plainly, his tone serious.
“Too good for a human? Is that it? Heard y'all are good fucks. I’m sure I can make you scream.” The man pushes his hand down Connor’s chest.
Connor could grab the man and easily throw him off. He doesn’t though because of one thing.
Even with the revolution being a year ago the relationship between humans and androids was tense. As part of the leaders of Jericho, (though he didn’t think of himself as one) him hurting a human, no matter the reason could make things more unfavorable.
“If anyone is gonna be screaming it’s you. He is an officer of the law and the most advanced android. He could break every bone in your body while naming it. Not to mention he’s my boyfriend.” He heard Gavin snarl from the side.
Connor looks up with wide eyes. He was too distracted to notice him come in, and he didn’t expect this.
“Fucking fags,” the man grumbles, snatching his hand back. That made no sense to Connor; Connor was very obviously male and presenting as male.
He watches as Gavin clenches his fist and tenses. Connor makes a quick decision and reaches out, grabbing his hand. Gavin looks down at Connor and slowly relaxes.
He doesn’t fully relax until the man is gone. Once he is, Connor pulls his hand back, a blush growing on his cheeks.
Gavin doesn’t say anything as he sits and orders himself a drink. Connor watches him with questioning eyes. Had he meant to call him his boyfriend? Was it just a joke because they were going to pretend to be together? Or was it to just get the man to leave him alone?
Once Gavin got his drink and took a sip then he did turn to Connor. “Right. So I should warn you, my family is kinda crazy. Not in the ’ I’ll actually eat your face ’ but I guess just chaotic. It’s the yearly get-together so it’s gonna be everyone. We’ll stay at my stepmom’s house.” So they were just going to ignore what happened. Not too unexpected.
“You'll… you’ll definitely recognize one of my brothers. He’s an ass, but we all love him, he’s also the oldest, that fucker. Anyway, you should know I have five siblings in all. I consider them all my siblings, but two are technically only half.” Gavin continued.
Connor didn’t want to interrupt him, so he just sipped at his drink as he listened, making notes in his head.
“I’m the oldest from birth parents, middle for all. My grandparents from all sides will be there, but my grandmother from my birth mom’s side is dead. I’m sure my cousins will show up. Also, people that I’m related to and have no idea who they are will be there as well. Big family, but bio mom definitely won’t be there.” Gavin rubbed at the scar on his nose. A nervous tic or something to do with his mom?
For some reason, he thought that Gavin’s family would be small. This did make it harder as they would have to fool quite a lot of people.
“So, the drive is three hours. I’ve got an actual car, but I can drive the whole way if you want. We’ll be staying there for three nights. We leave on the third of next month. Any questions?” That was definitely… a lot to take in. He already learned so much about Gavin from this.
“Boundaries? I know that most relationships involve physical affection, but the amount that’s shown to others varies.” He’d seen Markus and Simon kiss and hold hands. Other than that the two generally kept it private.
He’d also seen how unfazed North was with Tina on public displays of affection. He actually had a hand in getting those two together.
He had often talked to his fellow officers after the revolution and soon found out about Tina’s crush on North. He then mentioned it to Markus who suggested the two meet. The rest was history with those two.
Gavin clearing his throat brought him out of his thoughts. “Right. Ok, so if you tell anyone about this I will rip your throat out, you hear me? Also, no laughing,” Gavin asked, pointing a finger at Connor. Connor quickly nodded his head.
Gavin takes a deep breath before looking into his drink. If it wasn’t for his enhanced hearing he wouldn’t have been able to hear Gavin’s quiet voice.”I’m…cuddly. So, yeah,” Gavin says then clears his throat, looking back up at Connor. He has a cute flush across his cheeks and Connor can’t help the small smile.
“Fuck, yeah, anyways. So touching is fine. Probably kisses on the cheek too. If it comes to it we can kiss if you wa-uh, if you’re fine with it. They also have a pool, so we’ll probably go swimming. I’d say you can get away with not if you pulled the ‘ I’m an android ’ card…but yeah, no way is that gonna work there. So, sorry. If you don’t want to swim just tell them or come up with an excuse.” It seemed like Gavin was now rambling, so Connor reached out and gently touched the hand holding his drink.
“I have no problems with any of that. We will need a sufficient backstory. Also, any details about you I should already know.“ He had a few ideas already but wanted to wear what Gavin had to say.
He watched as Gavin flushed again, staring at their hands. Connor quickly snatched his hand back, a blush forming on his own face. Gavin blinks a few times before shaking his head. “Right… ok, so again don’t tell anyone. I’m trans. Female to male. I’ve had top surgery, so you’ll see my scars if we go swimming. My grandmother on my stepmom’s is homophobic so I have to deal with that. She'll… she’ll call me Gabrielle.” He spits the name out like it was dirty, and he couldn’t blame him.
“I’m assuming I can’t punch her in her old granny face?” He jokes, tilting his head. Gavin’s eyes go wide then snorts.
“Nah, no punching grannies,” then he actually smiles. Full-on smiles at Connor and he feels his thirium pump stutter for a second.
[Probability of positive reaction: 50%]
“So, you probably already know, but I got two cats. Sig and Fea. Both sweet, but Fea is a little shit. I’ll tell you more about them in the car.” He pulls his phone out and shows a picture of two cats.
One is a ragdoll, who he assumes is Sig, the other is a dilute calico and she must be Fea. They both are incredibly adorable. “They are beautiful, I’m excited to learn more about them.”
It was no secret that he loves animals of all types. He had pictures of Sumo on his desk along with selfies of himself and other animals that he met. Hank often called him a Disney princess because animals would walk right up to him.
Gavin put his phone back in his pocket with a nod. “Right, so my brother, the oldest, already knows a bit about you. He… I, you know what, you’ll know why when you see him. Also, I may have ranted about you to him.”
Connor hoped that the rant was about him having feelings for Connor, but he highly doubted that.
“Backstory. So obviously we got together after the revolution. Maybe I apologized-which I am sorry for trying to kill you- and then we made up. By kissing, a lot.” They both flush at that.
“Alright, have we moved in together?” Currently, Connor was staying at Hank’s house. He could technically just stay at the DPD because they had everything he needed, but he preferred to have a home.
“Hell no. I would have told the family if that happened. So we are together, but not living together. Wait, fuck I didn’t even ask what your sexuality is. That’s even more of a dick move than usual for me.” Gavin shook his head at himself.
“I am bi and I believe I am on the asexual spectrum. I’m assuming you are gay.” If Gavin was straight this would get awkward very fast.
He knew he was on the ace spectrum but didn’t know where. He knew androids were capable of feeling sexual attraction and part of him wondered if he was just broken or it was because of his coding. He found people attractive to look at but never felt sexual attention to someone. He has wanted to have sex before, but never got the chance.
Gavin snorted and rolled his eyes, “Hell yeah I’m gay. Also, cool. If you don’t like or want sex we can use that as shitty as it sounds.”
Connor never really thought about sex before, and he didn’t have genitalia either. He knew that he could be stimulated down there, but never tried it. He never felt the urge to, though he was curious. “I’m not opposed to sex, but I’ve never had it either. I am lacking in that area.”
He feels himself heat up slightly in embarrassment when Gavin’s eyes trail down to his crotch.
Connor shifted in his seat as Gavin continued to stare. He cleared his throat and Gavin jumped. “Huh. Tina owes me ten bucks. But that’s fine. Is that a you thing or?” He trails off, eyes back to Connor’s face.
“I’m unsure. I know most models are anatomically correct, but Cyberlife decided for me to not have one. I’m sure I could get an upgrade if I want to.” That would definitely be an odd upgrade to request though, but again, he didn’t feel the need to.
“Huh,” Gavin said once again. “Do you feel anything down there? Like, have you… ever tried buffin’ the muffin?” Gavin cringed at his own wording.
“I have not, but as far as I know I can be stimulated.” He honestly didn’t know why Gavin would need to know this, but he didn’t really have a problem telling him.
Gavin nodded again and chugged the rest of his drink. The bartender came over and when Gavin nodded poured another.
They sat together and they both drank from their cups, not saying much. It was nice to be able to just sit with someone and enjoy being out and about.
They do sometimes make small talk, commenting on random things. Gavin and Connor both like to people-watch and come up with backstories for people. They’d also come up with random dialog for them but they could both read lips, Connor better than Gavin.
It’s a few hours later when Gavin stands and stretches, paying for his drink. He also pays for Connor’s, even with his protests. “Don’t mind, after all, you’re the one doing me the favor.”
They part ways with a slightly awkward pat on the shoulder. Connor gives Gavin a small wave and smile as he drives off.
Connor has to wait for a cab, but thankfully it doesn’t take too long. He gets home and shushes Sumo as Hank is asleep. Connor quietly walks to his own bedroom and lets Sumo in, closing the door behind them.
He doesn’t sleep that night, he doesn’t have to. Instead, he stays up thinking about Gavin.
Summary: Gavin Reed didn’t have a soulmate. He had come to terms with that by sleeping his way through half of the male population of Detroit. He would have even been happy with a female soulmate at this point, but no. Even fucking Hank Anderson had one, though she was dead now.
So he didn’t give a shit. He didn’t have a mark and he never would. If he did…well he wouldn’t want them anyway. You got your mark when your soulmate is born, and no way in hell was he ever going to date someone 36 years younger than him.
So when he woke up at three am on August 14th with burning pain on his arm, he tried to ignore it. He knew what that burning pain meant, but of course, he couldn’t ignore it.
Tags: #soulmates, #Alternate Universe - Soulmates, #Soulmate-Identifying Marks #Post-Pacifist Best Ending (Detroit: Become Human), #Elijah Kamski & Gavin Reed are Siblings, #Gavin Reed Redemption, #Gay Disaster Gavin Reed, #Gavin Reed Being Less of an Asshole, #Connor Deserves Happiness, #Deviant Connor (Detroit: Become Human) #Adorable Connor, #Gay Male Character, #Gay Gavin Reed, #Blow Jobs, #Masturbation, #Hair-pulling, #Connor has an oral fixation, #but again it isn’t really said just a hc, #Fluff, #almost pure fluff
