You and Robert both struggled with your own mental health issues. For Robert, it was seasonal depression. He couldn’t put it into words, the way he started to feel when it started getting darker earlier and LA git a fraction colder, that brought the dull numbness he felt deep inside of him to the forefront. Up until he had started working for SDN, he already had little interest in anything other than being a hero, and he could feel it starting to get bad again…a greyness creeping in on his life, and what scared him the most was that you were around to witness it.

You were sitting at home, the Z Team had a few days off after a big bust. Your head raised when you heard a knock at the door, opening it in surprise when you saw Robert, wearing an oversized hoodie and sweats- something he normally only wear to work out. Beef was on a leash, but the potato of a dog was still tucked under his arm.

“Hey…” he started “sorry, I uh…I was on a jog with Beef, passing by…thought I’d stop by…”