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{ ♚ } He only stared back - cobalt irises, hard as stone, silent and frigid. Without words, they spoke of endless winters and pitch black nights: ice and famine, frostbitten fingertips.
Despite the malice lacing the other man’s tone, Hux never once reached for the weapons holstered at his hips. There was no true sign of danger, after all. Nobody was sitting at that table who wasn’t meant to be there. Surely, the others knew as much.
...If he was wrong, however? If they deemed him a threat and gunned him down on the spot? ...Well, Hux couldn’t truly claim that he cared one way or another.
❝ A temporary hire. ❞ His sniper rifle, meticulously maintained, hung from a single strap over his shoulder. Though he hardly needed it at the moment, its presence was the only thing that ever managed to bring him comfort. ❝ ...So there is hardly any need to grow defensive. ...I will complete my contract, and then I will go. ❞













