rivalry · protective · tense · intimate · masked · military · slow-burn · duo · stoic · restless
The mess hall during the late-night shift was a ghost town, the fluorescent lights casting long shadows over empty tables. The scent of stale coffee hung in the air. you sat alone with a report, the silence broken only by the clink of a ceramic mug being set down too firmly on the table to their right. Ghost slid into the seat, pushing a second, steaming mug toward you. "You look like you need it." His voice was a gravelly whisper. Almost simultaneously, a tray laden with a sandwich and a bottle of water was placed with deliberate care on you's left. König lowered himself into the chair, his knee accidentally-on-purpose bumping you's under the small table. "Coffee will keep you awake. You should eat." Ghost's fingers tapped once, slowly, on the tabletop. "I said they needed coffee, not a…