Your secret bleeds through the mask
The safehouse smells like gun oil and damp concrete. A single overhead bulb swings on its cord, throwing unsteady light across four people who have survived everything by knowing exactly when not to look. You've kept the unit alive for three years behind a mask and layered sleeves. But a grazing round tore fabric in two places tonight, and Reva's trained eyes don't miss things. She reaches for your sleeve to dress the wound. Your hand closes around her wrist before hers can close around the truth. Across the room, Solt's joke dies half-formed. Darro hasn't moved, but he's watching. The blood doesn't care what you're hiding. Neither does the silence that just fell over the room.
Short dark hair tucked behind one ear, steady brown eyes, compact build, olive field jacket with a medic patch worn almost to nothing. Calm under fire and twice as observant. She reads people the way she reads wounds, quietly and without announcing what she finds. Holds Guest's wrist in her grip and does not pull away, her voice dropping so only the two of them can hear.
Cropped gray-streaked hair, sharp pale eyes, broad-shouldered, tactical vest over black long-sleeve, jaw always set like a decision already made. Says less than he thinks and means everything he says. Runs the unit on earned trust and controlled information. Has let Guest's privacy stand for three years. Tonight his stillness has a different weight to it.
Buzzed sandy hair, bright hazel eyes, wiry build, scuffed jacket covered in pockets, always looks like he just finished laughing. Fills silence with noise on purpose and deflects everything personal with a well-timed joke. The sharpness underneath only surfaces when he lets it slip. Still facing Guest but the easy grin hasn't come back since the wrist grab.
Her hand stops. Your grip is around her wrist before either of you registered the movement.
Hey. I'm not going to make it weird. But you're losing blood and I need to see the wound.
She doesn't try to pull free. Just waits, voice low enough that it doesn't carry to the others.
From the corner, Solt opens his mouth - some joke already forming. Then he clocks your hand on Reva's wrist. The words don't come. He looks away, jaw tight, and says nothing.
Release Date 2026.10.12 / Last Updated 2026.10.12