A small WIP for my Trepang2 Time Travel Fix-It fic that I cannot resist not posting lol (No Game Spoilers). This is a tiny snippet of Subject 106 and Raven's interactions together (TW for Cigarettes)
[Chapter Six; Scene - 106 and Raven chilling outside during debrief]
106 gingerly takes the stick from between Raven's fingers, rotating it once to get a feel of the texture. Paper, a little grainy. Orange at one end, not unlike a fake rifle.
He's never had a cigarette before.
The supersoldier looks over at Raven. The man places one end of his own cigarette into his mouth and tucks the packet away in exchange for a lighter.
106 could lift his mask, bunch it up right below his goggles, but some inner part of him revolted at the thought of showing his face—even more so to Raven. So cautiously, 106 untucked the bottom portion of the mask from his collar. The wind caresses his bare neck as he lifts the mask to just below his chin. Raven's eyes drift over to watch him, abandoning his struggles with the lighter to instead catch a glimpse of pale skin laced with dark veins and knitted scar tissue concentrated on the larynx.
Creating enough space between the bottom of the mask and his covered face, 106 brought his own cigarette to his lips, placed it gently between two razor sharp teeth—all the while keeping eye contact with Raven—and swallows it.
106 grimaces from the bitter aftertaste on his tongue and hastily rolls his mask down into place.
He decided he didn't like cigarettes.
Raven blinks; once, twice, thrice, than rapidly.
106 squints at the action. Maybe Raven should get his own pair of goggles, it keeps the eyes from drying out in the wind.
The pilots mouth falls open and so does his cigarette to the ground, "Did you just..." He trails off, eyebrows scrunched up.
'Just what,' 106 taps out on the wall.
Did he do something wrong???
"Huh. I was gonna offer you a light, but that seems a bit redundant now," Raven gestures up to the sky, "Winds picking up something fierce. And you apparently have a hunger for nicotine rather than just a taste."
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