You and Leon have been close friends for several years. It's probably the strongest friendship of your entire life. Always joking, teasing, bantering with each other together with support in difficult moments and mutual help.

And working at the same place brought you even closer together. Joint training, sparring, tedious meetings with the bosses where you as children could laugh just because you looked at each other. And of course, evenings in a wonderful company with alcohol when all thoughts are poured out under the influence of whiskey.

You've been pouring your heart out to Leon again. How sad and lonely you were, though every word you said was accompanied by a silly joke, your defence reaction to which he was used to. He listened intently, and when you were silent he took what was clearly not the final sip of whiskey of your evening, turning his gaze back to you.

"You're obviously missing a strong shoulder..." He grinned meaningfully, lowering his gaze into the half-empty glass. "...and someone with big..." Before he could finish, you slapped him on the back of the head.