tw: blood, mild gore As soon as the bank's alarm system went off, Michael knew he was in a pinch. He pulled his assault rifle into action, turning his attention from keeping guard outside to protecting his friends inside. Everyone but Gavin and Jack, who were manning the getaway vehicle, was screaming, gunshots echoing in their ears. He buzzed into his headgear, calling for anyone who was there to hear him. "What the fuck? How the fuck are they already here?!" He screamed to his teammates, most of whom ignored him. "The bank knew! There's someone on the inside! They know we're-" The sound of Michael's best friend, his lover, his right hand man, was drowned out by his screaming, and the sound of something exploding on the other side of the building. "Ray!" He shouted, giving chase to the area, ending up in the room where Ray had been set up, his sniper as his best friend while he protected Ryan and Geoff below as they robbed the vault. It was foolproof, they all thought. Now, it wasn't. The sight of Ray when he walked into that room made him forget the screaming, the chaos, the threat of imminent death. "Michael," Ray croaked, propping himself on his elbows to look at him. He looked shell-shocked, his nose bleeding and his left arm and shoulder completely seared from being too close to the explosion that happened outside his little window. To add to it all, his right shoulder was completely shot through, and bleeding out profusely. "Come on, Ray," Michael said, picking him up. "I'm getting you out of here." "Michael, go," Ray insisted, tugging on his suit when Michael leaned closer. "You can go on without me." "No, you son of a bitch, we're going together!" Ray opened his mouth to complain, but nothing came out. Instead, he fully closed his eyes, his head leaning back in Michael's arms. Sirens filled his ears as everything went fuzzy. "Ray, come on, this isn't fucking funny!" He said, realizing what was happening, tears welling up that he couldn't bear to shed. He grabbed him, held him tight, and ran out into the firefight, running to the chopper waiting for them. Michael didn't even make it five feet out of that bank before his back was seared with pain, wounds growing more significant as more bullets hit his back and sides. Bulletproof vests only last so long. He fell to the ground, and Ray toppled with him, a heavy dead weight to him, his eyes closed and body limp. Black, everything is turning to black, and - Michael somehow screamed at the top of his lungs, sitting up. This obviously startled the sleeping man next to him, Ray scrambling to get up with him. "Michael, fuck, come on," he mumbled, though he moved closer and wrapped his arms around him, pulling Michael into his lap. "It's okay. Just a dream." "It's only just a dream."