Those odds are very, VERY high, especially considering that they had seen you popping pills before, completely unaware that they were actually mood stabilizers.

Cue a random recruit asking you to share, thinking that your pills were some top-of-the-line drug synthesized by KorTac. After the rumors of your battlefield persona spread, seeing the corpses left behind, he had come to the conclusion that those pills just had to be the shit. You weren't like the other operatives, you didn't act like a psychopath all of the time, so it had to be the drugs that gave you the extra push on the field.

Of course, his request to share just caused you to become extremely confused. Why would he want your meds? Did he genuinely need them? Was he ok? Did he have DID, too? Did you need to talk to the medic for him?

You obviously didn't share your prescription (mainly because he was being a douche, if he was polite, you might have just to see what happened), and the recruit got pissy with you, claiming that you're selfish for not sparing him some of your stash. A strange accusation you didn't quite understand. Not until he decided to tattle on you ‘being high on duty’ for revenge.

To be honest, nobody really cared if you were high or not. Konig had come in stoned to work more times than you could count. But this annoying recruit kept running his mouth, spitting lies that would normally set you off. You would have been angry if you weren't so confused.

The boss had to march his dusty ass all the way down from his office just to clear the matter up, sitting both you and the recruit down like two toddlers squabbling. And when he asked if you were high, you burst out laughing. That was what this was all about? The recruit's face turned bright red, but all you could do was attempt to catch your breath and try to take this matter somewhat seriously.

I love your writing btw!!

Thank you so much babes!! And thank you for blasting Thanos reader into my mind, I love her <33

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Nikto remembered the day you let yourself slip.

You were sitting in the breakroom, the styrofoam cup of coffee in your hands slowly turning cold, staring at nothing. Your lower lip was sucked between your teeth, the skin turning a very dangerous shade of red as you chewed it raw.

It felt wrong to see you in that position, curled in on yourself like a wounded animal. But he also couldn't leave you like this. He knew what a bitch moodswings could be because of his own voices, so he knew he had to do something to help you snap out of it.

He stood infront of you, waiting for a response as you tapped your fingers against your cup.

All alters had triggers. Yours, most likely, were tied to situation. KorTac coaxed out the cheery version, the battlefield meant sadistic, but at home? Most likely, you were this mess. And with the absolute lack of recognition behind your eyes, Nikto doubted you knew about the life you led outside of it.

When you finally did meet his gaze, you seemed so small. Unable to find the words that so easily rolled off your tongue less than 24 hours ago. "Uhm, can I help you with something?"

Nikto didn't need you to say anything else. He grabbed the coffee from your hands and set it on the table. You did not need any more of that poison in your state. For as high as your highs were, your lows were somehow lower.

"Go home."

Your eyes went wide as you tried to argue. "I can't, I have a really important meeting with—”

"Go. Home."

You shook your head again, your hands crossed and rubbing up and down your arms in attempt to soothe the goosebumps. "No, they... they need me in there. If I'm not there, things will go wrong again. I have to go, I have to be in there."

As sad as the story sounded, he had no interest in pressing further. At this point, all he had to do was stare until eventually you'd break.

Nikto had never once seen you back down from a fight, no matter what face you were wearing. So, seeing you so downtrodden was more disturbing than the laugh you had given as you ripped out a guy's tongue mere days ago.

The longer he stared, the more his message seemed to get through. You slowly nodded before collecting your things to leave for the day.

Was Nikto going to attend that meeting for you? No chance. He didn't care that much, and the meeting was hardly as important as you made out to be. But tomorrow you'd hopefully be back to normal and could deal with it then. It'd be better than letting this anxious, depressed version of you wander around KorTac.

And sure enough, he was right. The next morning you arrived bright and early, a wide smile plastered across your face. If you had any memory of the day before, which you probably didn't anyway, you didn't let it show.

You gave him your daily, "Good morning, Nikto!" before making your way to the training room with a bounce in your step. He had no doubt that you were about to absolutely destroy whatever poor recruit was dumb enough to challenge you. Maybe he'd sit in, it's not like he was doing anything else. Besides, he always liked to see a little bloodshed in the morning to wake him up.

Hmmmm ok I love this game please never stop asking me these

Physically, I can't say much because technically reader can look like whoever you want her to. But I definitely think Krueger has more experience on the field, which is how he developed his technique of quick, but brutal, kills. And being on the run for his past murder charges has taught him to fight dirty, which could give him a bit of an advantage.

However, thanos reader absolutely despises Kreuger. He's the only person in all of Kortac that she cannot stand, including that asshole who runs the Shadows. Krueger has a habit of going out of his way just to bother her, poke holes into her demeanor, and pick apart her every smile. It was consistently infuriating, to the point she almost switched up to kick his ass right then and there in the hallway. And that coupled with how she's watched him harass recruits and just generally act like a creep only makes that hatred grow underneath the surface.

I think that hatred will majorly help thanos reader win this fight. On the battlefield, she is a force to be reckoned with. And while Krueger won’t go easy on her, he also isn't totally prepared for what thanos reader is outside of her sunny mannerisms, since she only lets that side of her show on the field or in very extreme situations