This has spoilers for tocs 2 end game

[reanbeanmachine]

[Crow's wounds required immediate treatment, and while he was in the care of Heimdallr's hospital something went... Wrong. Word got out somehow who he was, leader of that terrorist group, the sniper whose bullet set off the war. Some bribes, some shady dealings, and before the intelligence agency or RMP could react, he was home from his room.

Luckily for Crow by the time he's kidnapped he's in stable condition, and his captors want him to recover, so he's been transported carefully. Where he finds himself though, well that's hard to say when he wakes up chained to a bed in a featureless room with no windows, and a drain on the floor. At least his bandages are fresh.]

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[filetofish]

Mm... I'm most afraid of what he's going to do to you.

[Did they ever really intend to get Crow to fight for them? He can't help but wonder. Maybe the whole point was to leave him too messed up to be in the way. Like this... or should have been easy to assume he'd go straight to Rean as soon as they let him off the leash.]

[awakenerd]

I'll be okay. It's not like they're going to hurt me like this.

[So being a shady assassin might hurt him other ways but at least he'll be functional.]

Besides, how could I let anything happen if I know you're worrying about me?

[He's trying to tease a little, even while keeping his arms around Crow.]

[filetofish]

That's true.

[Joking is good! Crow wishes he could joke everything away entirely, honestly. But that's not going to happen so he'll settle for sounding weakly grumpy against Rean's shoulder.]

If you get hurt I'll kick both our asses.

[awakenerd]

I guess I'll have to be careful then.

[He's rubbing his palm over Crow's back gently, pulling him in closer, or scooting closer himself, just trying to be close.]

[filetofish]

Mmm... I'll try to be patient.

[Y'know, waiting. When Rean's gone. Which he assumes he'll be doing right here, alone, freaking out into the void.]