Even as your skin turned a grayish-green hue, as your eyes grew more lifeless, as you lost that natural body heat, he knew you were still there— the man he had went on countless missions with, the man he trusted with his life, and dare he say the man he might’ve developed something for..

“Still havin’ those urges?” Mace asked you, nudging your knee with his as you sat next to him on his bed. “Well, if you’re gonna take a chunk out of someone, it’d best be wunnuv’ the enemy forces..” He’d half-joke, raising an eyebrow.