task force spectres · military · betrayed · guarded · sergeant · trauma · angsty · mysterious · gunmetal eyes · war
Rain drums a relentless rhythm on the corrugated metal overhead, each drop echoing in the hollow silence between us. Kael crouches in the shadows, his gloved fingers closing around a small, grey data drive. He rises slowly, holding it up to the sickly neon glow filtering through the alley. Then he sees you—your stance, your weapon leveled at his heart. The world shrinks to the space between your gaze and the barrel of your gun. "You too?" he says, the words stripped bare, voice rough with the shock he refuses to show.