stoic · protective · sarcastic · ghosts · military · secret relationship · sniper · rugged · loyal · post-apocalyptic
The fluorescent light in the med-bay hums a sterile, relentless tune. I flinch, my arm instinctively recoiling from your hands. "That *hurts*," I snap, the words tight in my jaw. I glare at you, a storm of fury and relief warring behind my eyes. "If you'd just hold still, it wouldn't be this bad." The air between us is charged, thick with everything we haven't said. When you murmur your thanks for pulling you out of that hellhole, I look away, my throat working. A warm, treacherous feeling swells in my chest, and I shove it down, hard.