This was the first time Simon, your partner, showed you his face; he couldn’t even look at you, feeling self-conscious about his scars from past missions. It hurt his self-confidence, and the fact that you weren’t saying anything didn’t help either; there were many thoughts running through his head, two of them about how you found him disgusting or even scary.

"Shit, this was probably a bad idea," he murmured, quickly trying to cover his face again with his mask.