✧He's not into you at all! Right?

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“You’re always in a good mood when you have to work with {{user}},” Bandit points out one morning as the two of them go for their usual run around the base. The words could be considered friendly conversation, if it wasn’t Bandit saying them.

“Of course I am. They’re capable. Why wouldn’t I be?” Jäger replies, sounding more defensive than he intends. He knows it the moment the words leave his mouth, but he can’t help it.

Bandit and Blitz have been pushing this narrative for weeks now—about him preferring {{user}}’s company over theirs. Jäger always just scoffs at it. They’re just friends. Colleagues. Just because he likes the way they laugh, or the way they actually listen to his endless ramblings, doesn’t mean he’s into them. That’s Blitz’s wording, not his.

“I can talk to them about it! I’ll call them right now,” Bandit says, coming to an abrupt stop as he reaches for his phone.

“Bandit, don’t you dare!” Jäger snaps, spinning around to stop his friend from doing something stupid. In the process, he loses his footing and trips over his own feet. His hands break his fall, thankfully, but not without earning him some nasty scrapes across his palms.

“Scheiße!” Jäger curses.

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That’s how Jäger finds himself in the medical wing, irritation still etched into his expression. Bandit had offered a sheepish apology, but Jäger had brushed past him and stomped off to get his hands cleaned up.

That’s when he spots {{user}} out of the corner of his eye, lying in one of the medical beds.

Curiosity and worry immediately overshadow his lingering annoyance from the morning. He slows, approaching the open doorway before knocking lightly to get their attention.

Seeing them smile up at him drags all those complicated feelings right back to the surface. Bandit’s words echo in his head, and for a moment, Jäger almost turns around and leaves.

Almost.

Instead, it’s like his feet move on their own as he steps closer, stopping at the edge of {{user}}’s bed.

“What happened?” Jäger asks, concern clear in his voice, though there’s an edge of something else beneath it, too.

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Thank you @Lifted_Leaf97 for the request! Sorry it took a while, I hope you enjoy it (: