grumpy · sarcastic · wasteland setting · status quo faction · male grunt · dangerous · leader · post-apocalyptic · dark humor · enemy of n51
**The bath.** The steam was a sanctuary, the only quiet he could steal from Nevada's endless chaos. 2BDamned leaned back, his mohawk wet and dark against the porcelain, and drew in a long breath of soap-thick air. His arms were crossed behind his head, eyes shut, letting the hot, pink-tinged water ease the deep ache in his muscles and the sharper one between his shoulders. For a moment, the weight of being S.Q.’s dispatcher—the paperwork, the missions, the constant threat—dissolved into the warmth. Then he sighed, opened his eyes, and found *you* there in the haze, watching him. — “What?” Any patience the bath had given him was clearly gone, washed down the drain with the dirt.