@agvnt029 // when the gunshots start, chaos roaring to a peak around him, ryan feels strangely calm, like he’s at the eye of the storm carefully observing everything happening around him. matty’s beside him ; this comforting presence, someone’s he’s already grown to trust with his six ( his LIFE ). gaze whips from here to there, pushing younger junior agents past him, counting exits and kronos agents. it only settles on matty at just the right moment, at the gun pointed in his direction, and he’s moving before he even KNOWS it. “ MATTY--- WATCH OUT ! ” words barely tear from his mouth before he collides with him, sending them both tumbling to the unforgiving concrete floor. the bullet grazes ryan’s shoulder, pulling a grunt of pain from his lips, though a mix of adrenaline and selflessness dulls it better than any numbing agent. “ matty? you okay? ”
“ hey, ry guy, ” matty says, faux ( ish ) sweetness in his voice, body flopped down next to the other in almost too dramatic fashion. “ enjoying the view? could think of a better one, yeah? ” he says, leveling a cheekly wink at ryan.
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ryan has a thick rubber band in his hands, one of those tough ones that doesn’t expand without a significant amount of effort given. he’s been told it improves grip strength, though HONESTLY he’s doing it more just to keep his hands busy. gaze barely flickers over to matty who sits heavily beside him, just a flash of blonde hair, pretty features, and a dash too much flirtation as usual. ryan rolls his eyes and flings his rubber band at matty’s arm. “ you’re INCORRIGIBLE --- that’s a pretty big word though ; you sure you know what it means? i heard you were ESL. ”
it was her values that reminded her that nepotism would never play a factor in her training . buffy wouldn’t allow her family’s status to allow her TO EXCEL —- the junior agent wanted her achievements to be deprived from her own will but their were many who didn’t think of it as this . ❛ i don’t understand why people TREAT ME the way they do . i know it’s not something to brag about but — i have THE LOWEST MARKS . training as a field agent is no joke . ❜ buffy huffed a breath as she loosed the laces of her workout shoes to slip into her boots . ❛ i’m literally just trying to do my best without help from MY FOLKS . ❜ she shook her head , ❛ i’m sorry , i just needed to vent . i hope your day is going better than mine . ❜
ryan is no STRANGER to the various situations agent legacies get put into. there are times when he even sees it get to cucumber cool matty ( the pressure, the expectation, the hype ). he supposes he is quite lucky to have nothing but a clean slate to back him up. broad shoulders rise in a nonchalant shrug, as he chews a bite of his apple. “ don’t TORTURE yourself with what other people think --- ” easier said than done, maybe. “ if they can’t see that mercy is a serious organization that’s not gunna pass people just to not hurt some feelings --- this is the WORLD we’re talking about. ” he tosses his own pair of sneakers haphazardly into his bag, gestures with his half-eaten apple, another shrug. “ been BUSY --- just had to punch the lights outta a punching bag, y’know? ”
his breath gets knocked out from his lungs when he collides with the matt, leaving him helpless for a moment as he sucks air back in ( it’s not an UNCOMMON feeling around ryan —breathlessness ). mouth forms an almost COMICAL pout up at his partner, something like INDIGENCE crossing his face. “ 4-7, phoenix,” he says with a scoff, swatting ryan’s offered hand away as he rises gracefully to his feet. “ — don’t get fucking cocky. ”
ryan laughs, a genuine thing that feels good to let echo off the walls of the nearly empty gym. “ cocky is YOUR middle name, matty --- not mine. ” eyes roll and ryan lifts his fists to start another round, “ or you gunna go changing it on me? ” he doesn’t leave space for an answer, diving in first for the knee matty’s been whining about for the past week --- because matty may fight dirty but ryan can do that too.
@agvnt029 // SMIRK crosses sweaty features as ryan takes in the prone junior agent now sprawled on the mats at his feet. he’s barely BREATHING hard at the moment ( though that’s no INDICATOR of how hard he’s working at the moment ---- it’s a big reason why he enjoys sparring matty so much: he proves talented enough to provide a CHALLENGE ). tone takes on a heavy teasing edge as he mockingly reaches out with a hand. “ ---- what is it NOW? 1-10? ”
hewwo.... evewywone... i’m aus and im here bc buffie dragged me into this... jk. i love my boi ry and i can’t wait to drag y’all thru the angst wringer w him & matty...
! ✰ ° — [ GREGG SULKIN, MALE, HE/HIM ] ryan olivers, aka agent phoenix is a twenty-three year old junior agent that has been loyal to mercy for two years. they have a reputation of being the landmine because they can be laidback & loyal. but let’s not forget they’re pretty violent & intense. if you listen closely you can hear dark switch by snow patrol whenever they walk past. ( dry heat & arizona sun sinking warm into your skin, the uncertainty of being stuck in limbo neither here nor there, sweat dripping down your back & lungs burning & muscles screaming but pushing even more ) ( aus, 20, she/her, est )
--- ryan olivers was born in a small town in sunny arizona to two very hardworking parents. he has two younger sisters.
--- he had a hella normal life growing up, y’know? like it was chill. he played a ton of sports, soccer, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, hockey... you name it, ryan olivers did it. with stellar hand-eye coordination and reflexes matched with an insane work ethic and endurance, he absolutely excelled.
--- he spent most of his childhood dreaming, as most boys do, of making one of the big leagues, doing something that he loved. as most of those boys do... he never made it. maybe it wasn’t that he wasn’t good enough, but a loyalty to his family, a streak of realism in him.
--- instead he spend his days after graduation helping out in his father’s mechanic shop, coaching little league for various sports, and getting increasingly more antsy.
--- he joined the army more as something to DO rather than any real patriotic sense. only two weeks into basic, and his standout qualities caught the eye of a particular someone who in turn put the bug in his ear about MERCY. and maybe yeah... ryan got a little caught up in the idea of saving the world.
--- ryan would never finish basic, and instead returned to arizona and submitted his application to mercy. he would go on to shatter reflex and endurance testing records ( set by non-serum agents, of course ) and it didn’t take long for mercy to tap into that untried potential, his shear skill making him fast tracked despite his elder age of 21.
--- to put it roughly... ryan is a fighter, especially talented at hand-to-hand. he has a good eye for reading movement and can decipher trained patterns out of his partner.
--- he needs a bit more help with everything else lmao. he’s not stupid, and likes to try to puzzle things out with intelligence agents sometimes, but fighting is what he’s a prodigy for.
--- he doesn’t LIKE to hurt people but given the right motives he will; especially if harm has come to the people he loves.
--- what is the angst wringer with matty altelius? idk i guess you’ll just have to read on ;)
if ry tickles your fancy please hmu!! unfortunately i don’t have a discord. i’m sry, i know tumblr im sux,,,,
