𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 | 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍

the explosion was fast, loud. the green emergency lights flickered, but the gunshots didn’t cease. the mi5 security dogs didn’t stop, despite the constant reminders that you and river was also, in fact, mi5 agents. but the threat of a file that would destroy tearney looked too large, and they did not stop.

douglas was gone, the only one who knew any other escape routes from the underground storage facility that you were currently stuck in. just you and river, and the two rebels from the tiger team, determined to expose the wrongdoings of mi5.

river felt it as the shelf tipped over, shredded cases full of secrets raining down over him as he collapsed onto the floor. his eyes fluttered shut as he fell to the hard concrete ground.

the sound of the grenade exploding snapped you from your focus, your eyes snapping to see river buried under the debris. only his foot remained, familiar sneaker poking out from beneath the pile of cardboard boxes.

dropping your gun of the ground, you raced over to him, through the rain of bullets, behind the safety of the shelves. you shook him by the shoulders, repeating his name like a prayer. you grabbed the agent’s face, watching desperately as his eyes flickered open.