"steamin', you got yerself a bird LT?" kyle peers over ghost. liquor burning his throat so vividly he images he might be seeing things. simon riley, with a woman of all things? the man who falls asleep to the sound of gunfire?
the man of the hour pauses, annoyed by his sergeants snooping. its expected from soap, yet kyle? hes typically the more reserved nosey type.
ghost flips his phone face down towards the oak finish table top. side eye burning with annoyance, wishing kyle had gone into the mime industry instead. soap and price pause with wicked reaction time, the former nearly choking on his bourbon.
"a lassie LT?" he perks up, head tilting like a dogs. "i knen ye 'ad it in ya," he claps simon on his back like a proud father. canines pearly as he smiles. he feels himself radiating with excitement, buzzing in his seat.
with everything ghost didnt share, it was exciting knowing this much about him. even if it was little to go off of. a man of more mystery than detail. and a hint of a woman? this, this was a biggg deal.
price downs his scotch, grimacing as it floods his taste buds in a sizzling warmth. "so," he tuts, ready to open the million dollar question. "whose the lucky girl?" simon rolls his shoudlers with a sigh that weighed as much as the world.
"fuckin' dammit garrick," fingers wrap around the neck of the beer bottle. phone still face down despite the text that comes through. "she works in accountin'," johnny pauses.
..didnt you work in accounting? he doesnt think so, doesnt sound like you. plus, theres a sure plethora of accountants in the area.
"civvie girl hm? a soft lady," kyle grins. sharing a look with his captain. knowing he had just won a twenty dollar bet despite all odds.
"and?" price ignores kyle. like hell hed give up his hard earned cash.
"an' she lives out in brooksland. 'appy?" wait, now johnny knows you lived in brooksland. his phone still auto-routed to your apartment when he landed back in the country.
less, its a large city that spand miles. universe had a weird way of lining coincidences. what were the odds? so excitment kept his heart alive. adrenaline rushing his viens.
"cmon LT, kyle saw the pretty thing. put a face tae the name fer yer boys?"
"fucks sake," he grumbles. "you lot gon' shut yer shite up?" nods move in rapid tandem.
reaching for his phone and scrolling past photos till he found one without his face, less he wants to embarrass himself to the lads. simon couldnt stop a vibrancy of red flares across his face when he was with you. trust, he had tried multiple ways to end that little quirk.
with a few scrolls he lands content on one, flipping his phone around. showing off his favorite photo of you smiling towards the camera. cheeks warmed and eyes bright as you hold simons big head close to your own. his balaclava brushes against your jaw, skull print faded.
silence falls over the boys, for a second ghost thinks the photo mightve clicked off.
"shit," kyle whistles. laughing to himself with a lazy shake of his head. his brown eyes scan your face, a little jealous he hadnt picked you up first.
prices eyes widened. in all honesty he assumed you were an AI chatbot or something. guess its still an option, but fuck. hed fall for it too.
he swirls his scotch, equally as jealous as kyle.
as quick as he presented the photo simon took it away. phone clicking off and soon shoved into his one of many pant pockets.
"real pretty. aint she johnny?" kyle muses, head flicking towards soap.
soap downs the rest of his drink, its familiar burn is numb. weak even. he prays the alcohol fuzzes his brain as quickly as it can, smash him with a headbanging hangover so he forgets this whole thing.
glass clinking as he sets it down. palms suddenly wet with sweat and sticky as he wipes them on his jeans. pale blues jumping across the bar, desperate in his search to say something normal.
not like he could tell simon; "i used to date— fuck. i mean fuck her, ended up forgetting about her and somewhat ditched. didnt even see her reaction." because what kinda chaos would that bring?
"shes uh, shes cute," his poor deflect is tossed into the air. tussling his mohawk as he shrugs lamely. they startle at the sudden shift, never seeing johnny so... nervous? disinterested? "yeah.. yeah shes nice lookin',"
the boys squint at him, simons eyes eerily cutting over johnnys rash behavior.
"nice?" price parrots. "shes a right fuckin' doll,"
"youd bang a wall soap. fucks wrong wit 'er?" kyles joke swirls around ghost and price. soap doesnt hear it, centeral focused on the problem part.
maybe it was how you were so quick to accept? or how you didnt bat an eye when you threw his things to the donation boxes? couldve been how he sort of saw forever with you.
no, no those just annoyed him.
it was that he knew for a straight fucking fact simon treated you better.
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