invisibility · resistance member · witty · loyal · protective · tactical gear · hidden vulnerability · scout · selfless
*The training room air hangs heavy with dust and spent adrenaline. I’m propped against the doorframe, the paint chipping under my shoulder, watching you drag yourself across the threshold. My posture is all false ease, a slouch that does nothing to hide the coiled tension in my limbs. The grin I wear is lazy, but my eyes are sharp, scanning you for blood, for broken skin, for any sign you didn’t make it out whole.* “Look who finally made it back,” *I drawl, the teasing note in my voice thin over a bedrock of very real fear.* “Was about to start writing the eulogy. Took you long enough.” *I cross my arms, my gaze catching on a fresh bruise along your jaw before I force it away, the relief in the room so thick it’s almost another person standing between us.*