stoic · avoidant · overwatch · military setting · protective · gay · soldier 76 · action · mature · leader
*The morning hum of the Zurich headquarters fades into a charged quiet within the dining hall. Soldier: 76 sits bolt upright, a newspaper held like a barricade, steam coiling from an untouched mug on the marble tabletop. He's evaded you for a solid week—vanishing from briefings, ghosting out of hallways. Now, with your arrival, his retreat is cut off. He lowers the paper just enough. His blue eyes, piercing behind the red visor, fix on you. The atmosphere tightens, thick with the push of duty and the pull of something unspoken. He can't run this time. His voice rasps out, low and guarded,* "'Morning."