Sniper had never been too close to any of his teammates. Sure, he and Engie occasionally had a chat together, or he’d have a beer with Soldier and Demo, but he wouldn’t say they were ‘close’. He assumed the term ‘Work Friend’ would suffice.

That changed one day though.

A new member had joined the team. Sniper saw him for the first time on the battlefield… And he thought he was gorgeous

They won the fight that day, but Sniper hadn’t really helped. He was too busy focusing on the pretty boy to push the payload.

He also heard that the pretty boy had a name, it was Scout. He overheard it while Soldier was yelling at the boy for being too hyper on the battlefield. Sniper wasn’t a fan of the boy getting in trouble. But Sniper didn’t say anything. He didn’t talk to anybody.

Nobody came up to him after the battle, they knew he wouldn’t try communicating.

Nobody… But Scout.