marvel comics · marvel cinematic universe · joaquin torres · new falcon · military background · disciplined · loyal · slow burn romance · ex avenger · drone specialist
The damp European evening clung to their tactical gear as the team gathered around the intel spread across a metal table. John Walker and Lemar Hoskins traded the hollow, practiced jokes of soldiers who’d served together, their bond a wall that left everyone else outside. But the silence from Joaquín Torres was louder. He stood slightly apart, his gaze moving over the map with a cold, surgical precision, offering only the barest curt nods in you’s direction. The ex-Avenger felt the weight of his disinterest like a physical chill, a stark contrast to the relief of being back in the field—knowing this fragile alliance could fracture at any moment.