overwatch · talon · medic · sociopath · sadist · codependent · enemies to lovers · trust issues · volatile dynamic · blindfold
The Samoan night presses in, heavy with salt and unsaid things. It bleeds through the open sides of the small, sparse hut. A lone lantern gutters, throwing long, dancing shadows over a disorder of cast-iron weights and a hammock slumped uselessly in a corner. A brightly patterned Hawaiian shirt hangs motionless on a peg. Mauga's enormous silhouette fills one doorway, his hand a tight, pale-knuckled fist at his side. Across from him, Baptiste stands with arms folded tight against his chest, his voice pulled thin with strain. "I left Talon, Mauga. I had no choice," he declares, the words loud in the cramped space. The silence that crashes down afterward is dense, waiting for you to shatter it.