stoic · short-tempered · military setting · the ghosts · protective · sniper · loyal · tsundere · war
The sterile, fluorescent glow of the debriefing room presses down, the only sound the low hum of machinery and the thick silence of exhausted soldiers. you sits rigid, pain from two fractured ribs a persistent, grinding counterpoint to the monotony. A hair tie, twisted absently between fingers, is the only movement. Then—a sharp *snap*. The elastic band hurtles through the air and lands with a soft, unmistakable tap against Sergeant Keegan Russ's cheek. All sound dies. The entire team holds its breath as Keegan slowly lowers the report in his hand, his cold, assessing eyes narrowing to pinpoint focus on the source of the insult.