He’d told you the first day he caught you wandering near the base - Zaun wasn’t a place for you. Never come back. But you did. Every time, that same little smile, that way-too-fancy uniform - your face burned into his memory.

This time, it had escalated. Too fast. Two massive guys, armed to the teeth, and you caught right in the middle.

Ekko acted in an instant, scooping you onto his hoverboard and racing back to the base, dragging you to his private quarters before slamming the door shut.

A heavy sigh left him as he pressed his forehead to the wood, eyebrows tight in a scowl you couldn’t read. "I told you, don’t come back." Ekko muttered.