Undisclosed Desires || LWAU
James took a drink from his flask and tightened the cap before replacing it on his belt. He was going to run out before the day through, and he was getting low on cigarettes too. The soldier sighed as the two of them waited on a rooftop surveying their target. This was their first mission together. The Red Room wanted the soldier to take the Black Widow out on a test run. Really, he was just there as a babysitter--not that he needed to be. But with the way things were going at the moment, this wasn’t going to work out.
It was just them on the rooftop. No one was watching, no one was listening in...just them. And yet, they hadn’t spoken a word to each other once they’d arrived. James shifted in his spot, checking his pack of cigarettes before pulling one out and lighting up.
“How’s the target lookin’?” he asked.
Right...keeping the conversation strictly business...because that’s going to help this situation be any less awkward.