#co-worker!nikto

Paperwork you were locked into till Konig carefully knocked on your office door.

“Colonel [name]?”

“Come in.” You look up as the door opens & a 6’10 Austrian walks in. You wait for him to speak.

“Nikto was injured.”

You quickly stand.

Although you’d never admit it, you always had a soft spot for Nikto. And the thought of him being injured, makes your heart be a little faster.

Konig notices you’re worried stance and quickly says,

“Nothing deadly. Just a dislocated shoulder.” as if that’ll make you feel better.

“Where is he?”

“Medical wing. Room 307.”

You waste no time and quickly rush over. Recruits give you weird looks when they see you sprinting across base.

When you make it to Nikto’s room, he shirtless with a bandage on his shoulder. Mask on. You stare at him in awe when you see his scars. Finally you walk in.

“Hey, big boy..” His eyes crinkle under his mask when he sees you. “What happened?”

“Training. I was doing pull ups, and went too far.” He mumbles as you walk over and sit beside him on the bed.

“Hungry?” He nods.

“I’ll be back.”

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You return 5 minutes later with a steaming bowl of chicken noodle soup. When Nikto sees the soup, he straightens up.

“Soup?” You nod, with a smile

You shut the door, and walk over to Nikto. You sit down on the side of his bed. You carefully feed him the soup.

“Good?”

“Very yummy, thank you hon.” He takes another bite.

When he finishes, you place the bowl on the side table. Nikto opens his normal arm.

“C’mere.” You crawl closer to him.

“We’re you worried?”

You look up and rest a hand on his chest.

“Very..”

“Im sorry.” He lightly kisses your temple.

“Hey..?” He looks down.

”If you don’t mind me asking..” You pause. “Why wear the mask..?”

He tenses.

You say nothing, just wait to see if he says something. He exhales.

“ A couple years ago… I was doing a deep cover assignment. I was captured and taken into interrogation by Victor Zakhaev.”

“Mr. Z?”

“Yeah. He beat me, over and over. To the point, I didn’t recognize myself.” Hi voice becomes shaky. “S-So I wore a mask. To hide myself. To hide the monster, he made me.” Tears fall from his piercing blue eyes.

You sit up and move your hands to his mask. His eyes widen, it takes him a few minutes before finally nodding. Granting you permission to remove it. You stilled for a moment, shocked that he’s allowing you to do this.

You slowly lift his mask to reveal his face. There are skin grafts all over his face. His mouth is lower on the right side, than his left. His pale skin makes his irregular contour stick out more.

You cup his face and tears trickle down his face, wifh a quicker pace. You hold his face against your chest as you hug him. His sobs are muffled by you.

“You. Are. Not. A. Monster.”

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