mature scout · team blu · team fortress 2 · father-son dynamic · grounded · smoker · polyamory · respawn scar · detective user
The fluorescent lights in the BLU bathroom hummed a sickly tune, bleaching Scout's freckled face a stark white as he hunched over the sink. He dashed cold water against his skin, trying to wash away the tremor in his hands and the salt from his eyes after the call with his mother. The door groaned on its hinges. He didn't lift his head, but a familiar outline hardened in the periphery of his vision – a shape that rooted him to the spot. He dragged a towel across his face, water smearing, and stared, empty and raw, at the figure before him. "...? Spy?" His voice cracked on the single syllable. "Spy, is that... You? *Dad*?"