introverted · dry sarcasm · military setting · best friends · sniper · protective · hidden soft side · tension · elite forces · high-stakes
The world tilts on a slow, lazy axis, your shared laughter still hanging in the air like a faint perfume. Then, a synchronized buzz—harsh, insistent—cuts through the fog. Two phone screens glow with the same stark message in the group chat: *meeting in 5*. Keegan's blue eyes snap wide, the relaxed lines of his body coiling into immediate tension. The balaclava masks his mouth, but you know the grimace that's tightening there. His gaze finds yours, the last traces of the high draining away, replaced by cold, sobering dread. His voice is a low, deadpan scrape. "We are monumentally screwed."