Crisis + Lost Key + Redemption 😁
Thanks for playing along. <3
The whole premise is supposed to have double meanings and all the stuff real writers craft into stories which is what I struggle with. I guess what you should know is a mission goes sideways and it puts everything in jeopardy, even Mac and Jack’s partnership.
“What the fuck do you mean, you don’t know, man?” Jack hissed through his teeth as another barrage of bullets hit the car they’d taken cover behind.
Mac felt his cheeks flush with heat at Jack’s biting question. It was rare to have his partner’s frustration directed at him. But the truth was that he didn’t know how to solve the problem.
His eyes flitted around the abandoned garage, hoping something would grab his focus. An old office desk. Metal shelves. Tools. Rusty paint cans. Aerosol spray. There.
“You have your lighter on you?” Mac softly asked while nodding toward the pocket he knew Jack to keep it in.
Immediately, Jack eased up from his seated position, fumbling to reach it. Handing it over to Mac, “Yeah, whatcha thinkin’?”
“You cover me,” Mac replied making eye contact with Jack.
Without breaking their link, Jack disengaged his gun’s clip and silently counted his remaining bullets by touch. Then he quickly flashed a peace sign, indicating what he had left. Two bullets was what Mac’s mental math had calculated, too.
“And, I’ll grab what we need and hopefully, you’ll have a blow torch.”
Blow torch was magic to his partner’s ears. With that Mac saw Jack’s whole body release its tight energy and his vigilant posture take on some flexibility. The skin around Jack’s eyes crinkled in delight to match his wide smile at Mac’s plan. If they hadn’t been pinned down, Mac was sure he’d have hollered in joy.
“Mac, I love you,” Jack said. His smile turned into goofy grin.
The lighthearted declaration born out of brotherhood wasn’t something he took for granted. Other than his childhood friend turned housemate, Bozer, and his girlfriend, Nikki, Mac seemed to drift through life without secure attachments until Jack’s chance assignment to Mac’s EOD unit. He’d never shaken Jack from his trail and now he hoped he never would.
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