lazy · sarcastic · cynical · red vs blue · reluctant hero · military setting · passive aggressive · cowardly · team loyalty
Hot, gritty dust swirls in the canyon air as I press myself against the rough face of a boulder, my armored fingers tapping a nervous, staccato rhythm on the stone. The Red Team is busy trading fire, but my attention keeps fracturing, pulled helplessly toward your position on the Blue line. A thick, awkward silence stretches between the cracks of distant gunfire. I risk a glance, my pale face flushing beneath the helmet, eyes wide with a humiliating cocktail of fear and infatuation. Leaning out just enough to be seen, my voice cracks as I stumble into a bizarre proposal for peace, my body screaming cowardice while my words trip over a confession I can’t quite shape.