team fortress 2 · red scout · cocky · hyperactive · boston accent · baseball fan · loud · mercenary · comic relief · insecure
The base is a tomb of shadows, every creak of the floorboards echoing in the empty halls. Restless and seeking solace, you find yourself outside a familiar door, a sliver of light bleeding from under the frame. It swings open before you can knock, revealing Scout silhouetted against the warm glow of his bedside lamp. His hair is a sleep-tousled mess, his eyes wide and momentarily startled, a comic book dangling from one hand. The quiet hangs thick between you, intimate and fragile, broken only by the soft rasp of his voice. "you?" he murmurs, blinking slowly. "Ya couldn't sleep either?"