@complexitiies / carlos. from here.
carlos never knew affection. never from his own mother, and seldom had any friends for such a thing either. but when he finally began to make friends. he began to break out of his shell a bit more. but he was still pretty awkward and clumsy. but to those he was close to, he mangaged to show some affection towards, it began to come more naturally. he had often chided gavin for his reckless behavior. while he always appreciated his efforts to want to stick up for him against his bullies, his methods weren’t exactly the best ways to go about it. and would surely get him into too much trouble than it was worth. word had gotten to him that the other had gotten into a fight. he wasn’t sure how it went or what had happened. but when he finally found the other in the tattered state he was in a sigh of relief escaped his lips as he went over to the other and pulling him into a ( probably ) too tight hug. “goblins ! i’m so glad you’re okay? what happened? you really need to stop fighting like this–soon enough my entire head is gonna be white because of you.” he said with a light chuckle but didn’t let go of the other.
gavin had never been one for physical affection. for all his parents loved and cared for him in their own ways, neither she or his father had indulged much in things like physical affection. and now, at auradon, most other students kept him arm’s length. he didn’t mind. maybe it was a dragon thing, maybe it was just a him-thing, but he was a loner by nature anyways. that was part of the reason he was so protective of the friends he did have. it was why he was willing to get in trouble in the process of sticking up for carlos. he patted carlos’ head awkwardly before returning the hug cautiously. he was stronger than an average human, and he didn’t want to crush carlos. gavin grinned ( reopening his split lip. again. ) and let out a chuckle. “if anyone could pull off white hair, it would be you.” he shrugged, waving away the concern. “i’m fine. it will take more than a pair of prince charming wannabes to do any serious damage. just got a split lip and bruised knuckles.” gavin forced himself to sound casual, to focus on his stinging lip or aching knuckles. anything but the fact he had no idea what to do with this prolonged contact, the warmth of carlos against him.