@lovedefect said : “ why does it have to be you ? ” /
rule of rose. ( accepting !! )
“ if not me, then who ? ” keegan smiles, brushes the lightest of touches over sergei’s knuckles. the smile doesn’t meet his eye. he glances back behind them to the countdown on the screen before he returns his gaze back to sergei’s. “ there isn’t anyone else who could fix this. ”
in truth, keegan’s not entirely sure he can stop this -- but it doesn’t matter. this is a lot bigger than just saving a base. there’s a lot more repercussions than just a lost base if this detonates. he had been playing with fire when he picked fights with the wrong people, and if there was a price to pay for that -- well, it was his to pay. he made the choices, and he bore the consequences. that was the price of being a leader.
“ someone has to lead the henchmen, darling. don’t worry about me. i’m sure this won’t take long. ” well, that was mostly because they didn’t have long -- but it didn’t matter, as long as keegan did his duty to his men, and as long as sergei was safe. there was no need for anyone else to be caught in the crossfire. keegan didn’t have a death wish -- he was, in fact, quite selfish and valued his life more than most anything else, but this was greater than him.
to change the world. that’s all he ever wanted.
well, regardless of what happened here, he would tonight.