What's so great about Quinn?
āMate... Have you fuckinā seen the bloke?Ā
... Alright, alright, serious answer time, because who doesnāt love all this lovey dovey bullshit, eh? Thereās a lot thatās great about Quinn, like how heās so bloody smart, not just as a soldier, but heās real educated too, reads more than is fucking healthy. Heās strong, determined, but heās not your typical alpha male soldier all out to shout the loudest and make sure the world takes notice. Quinn is happy to take a back seat, is comfortable in his own shoes enough to know that he doesnāt need to prove himself. Best of all though? Quinn is the best guy I know when it comes to getting into peopleās heads. He cares so damn much and heās got the way of reading people, of knowing what they need. I donāt know how he does it, but for a lot of the guys and girls in SC, heās somewhere between a dad and a big brother to them. He fucking loves it too, Quinn was just built to look after people, itās just who he is.Ā
As for me? Well fuck... Heās my best mate, has been for years. I came to SC feelinā like a fish outta water, I didnāt have any belief in myself, in my leadership. I had a lotta anger and a massive chip on my shoulder, but Quinn just saw through me, like he knew I wanted to do the best job I could but at the same time I was shit scared of fucking it all up. Truth is, Quinn was one of the first people to believe in me like that and heās never stopped since. He was like a brother for a long time, I never thought thereād be anything else between us.Ā
Sex never used to be something that interested me, yāknow? On the estate I grew up on, I threw myself at lads because thatās what everyone else was doing, had a few boyfriends but I never really enjoyed it, like it was something I was doing for them, not myself. Not sayinā I didnāt want it at the time or I was forced or something, but it was more me trying to fit in than having sex because it felt good, yāknow? I didnāt recognise it for a while, I was too fucking young and reckless, but when I joined the army I just kind of forgot about it. My love life wasnāt my priority and to be fair I didnāt exactly miss it either.Ā
The first time me and Quinn slept together, we were both drunk out of our skulls and grieving, it was never supposed to happen. But I still remember it feeling like the best thing in my life. Fuckinā scared me too, scared us both. Didnāt take me long to realise that what Iād been missing as a kid had been that... connection with someone else, like for me to enjoy it Iāve gotta trust and love the guy Iām screwing completely. And that guy is Quinn, still is to be fair. Heās the only man who I trust with everything I got and Iām pretty sure heās my first and only love.
... That the kind of soppy answer you were lookinā for?ā
