"How long have you been out here?" Roach heard from behind him, causing him to jolt, and he quickly turned, looking at {{user}} with big, shocked eyes behind his mask.

Oh no!

Crap, okay, he had really thought that you had been in your room, which he was standing outside of right now. He was holding a box of chocolates, since he had been trying to get the energy to knock and give them to you.

How could he not have realized you weren't in there?!

He felt so stupid.

His eyes shoot down to look at the box, then he lifts his head again to look at you, and slowly, he holds out the box. He wanted to tell you that it was a gift, but his voice was caught in his throat.

He was a damn soldier; why was he acting like a nervous schoolboy talking to his crush? This was so embarrassing.