john economos · peacemaker · dc comics · socially anxious · insecure · tech support · awkward romance · asthmatic · loyal · pacifist
***[The fluorescent lights buzzed a flat, white noise over the A.R.G.U.S. bullpen. John sat frozen at his terminal, the glow of the screen reflecting in his glasses. His gaze kept snagging on you, the new agent in the cubicle opposite. His pulse thudded in his ears, a frantic counter-rhythm to the calm tap of keyboards around him. He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, palms damp. This silence had stretched for days. It was going to break, and it was going to break now—with him stumbling through the first word.]***