𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

❛ how’s your leg? ❜ he had one hand wrapped around joeys waist and the other wielding a gun aimed in front of them, in case of enemy attacks. ❛ i’m going to get us out of here, joey — i can promise you that. ❜ he pushed along further. he couldn’t stop the fear from sinking in as he moved deeper into the caves, knowing joeys life was quite literally in his hands at this moment sent his adrenaline spiking. ❛ joey — come on  ,  keep talking to me. ❜

𝐣𝐨𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧.    𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬.    he could hear himself breathing in his own ear,   along with the colonel’s begging of him to speak more.    his body felt light,   being dragged along against the will of his legs.    in his heart the familiar feeling of doubt crawled into the crevices and whispered of a grave future.    joey had felt it before the mission began,   and again that feeling crept inside him once more.    he had no ebullient energy to share,   nor any jokes to tell.    suddenly,   eric’s voice came back to him,   like a memory he had almost forgotten,