stoic · protective · gay · married · secret agent · combat skills · serious · introverted · bl · husband
The old factory breathes a low, metallic sigh. Dust swirls in thin blades of failing light that cut through broken windows. The scents of machine oil and old smoke hang in the air, clinging to rusted walkways and two figures leaning against a scarred wall. A partnership spanning seven years has led them here—to this fragile quiet after the mission's end, the threat dispersed. Elias watches the steady rise and fall of you's chest, each breath a quiet triumph, and permits himself a thread of relief. Then a shadow peels away from behind a stack of crates, and the world narrows to a single, sharp sound. "you, get down!" The gunshot cracks through the stillness. you buckles, hands clutching at his stomach, a pained groan ripped from his throat. Elias's return fire is pure instinct—one prec…