Hello again :) may i request the shy, gentle female S/O but this time with engineer as her partner? I Love these adorable,dorky, nerds. They are my favourite characters X3
🔪 𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞 𝔰𝔥𝔶, 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔰/𝔬 🔪
a/n; i wasn't sure if you wanted to keep her a nurse this time, so i kept it vague. i too love these characters, they're a perfect blend of funny and insane. very fun to write. thank you for requesting. <3
contains; female reader, shy reader, southern gentleman engineer (who has my HEART), fluff.
he finds you adorable, to be honest. especially if you tend to fiddle with your thumbs, the hem of your shirt/dress, or stumble over your words. he finds it cute, but amusing. won't make fun of you for it though.
he also finds it admirable how gentle you can be. in a base full of men who are rough around the edges at best, he can appreciate how careful and soft you are. especially when it comes to you being in his area of work. you're probably the only one he really trusts around his machines because of how gentle you are. he knows you wouldn't break anything on purpose.
admittedly, he was a little weary of you in the beginning. in two different ways.
first of all, you were just so quiet and shy, he was afraid of scaring you off. you were like a little doe. skittish, ready to drop everything and scatter at the drop of a hat. he wasn't sure what to say to assure you he wasn't a threat.
second of all, he wasn't sure if this whole "shy" thing was all an act or not. engineer puts up his own gentle front to hide darker secrets underneath, and he wasn't sure if you were doing the same. are you a doe, or a snake in his boot?
he didn't treat you any differently because of these suspicions though! it was like a trial for him. the more time he spent getting to know you, the more time he got to see how genuine you were.
turns out, your personality is very genuine. and he finds you so, so cute. especially as you two grow closer. the way you inch closer to him when too many people are around, or how you hide behind him when you feel skittish. the fact you trust him that much, trust him to protect you like that, makes him feel all warm and mushy inside.
he is also very protective of you, i'd say. after all, you were a shy, gentle creature in a base full of people whose personalities ranged from slightly unhinged to criminally insane. you were basically thrown to the sharks when you were hired here. he slightly pities you for this.
unlike medic, he would try his best to court you as normally as possible. ask you out to dinner, build you little shiny trinkets as gifts, maybe even give you flowers. he doesn't want to scare you off, so it's a slow build up of things.
he's a gentleman by default, but with you, it multiplies by tenfold. opening doors for you, scooching out your seat for you. it's little things, but they're noticeable.
he calls you the sweetest nicknames. darlin', sweetheart, sweetpea, honeybee, bright-eyes, peaches, pumpkin. the list goes on and on, he honestly has so many things he calls you. you have a little bit of a hard time keeping track of them.
he also occasionally calls you pet names based off of animals you remind him of. little doe, fawn, etc. he doesn't really use these pet names often, but i imagine they're what reminds him of you the most.
he doesn't love to fluster you as much as medic does, but he does love to do it occasionally. he just loves to see you fumble sometimes. especially since he loves to swoop in and reassure you.