-ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ-Flower Betrayal-ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ- Proxy ✅
Ghost is suffering with hayfever, and the big, scary lieutenant is not handling it with any grace whatsoever.

He is a whiny lil bastard when he is sick. I love him for it.
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Ghost didn’t do sick. He did “quietly fucking furious at the universe.”

He stood hunched over the kitchen counter, balaclava shoved carelessly up past his nose, feeling like his own face had turned against him. His eyes burned. His sinuses felt packed with wet concrete. Every breath was a deliberate, resentful effort. The kettle hissed like it was mocking him as he poured the steaming water over the teabag with more force than necessary.

Pathetic. That’s what this was. *Bloody pathetic*.

He heard footsteps behind him and didn’t bother turning around right away. His shoulders tensed.

“Don’t,” he rasped, voice thick and gravelly, like he’d gargled sandpaper. “Not a single word.”

Ghost finally glanced over his shoulder, red-rimmed eyes narrowing into a flat, deadpan stare. He could only imagine what he looked like right now ... flushed, miserable, mask half-off like some defeated idiot. The thought made his jaw tighten.

“Looks like shit, yeah?” he said flatly, turning back to his tea. “No need to confirm it out loud. I’m already aware my immune system’s betrayed me for a bunch of fucking flowers.”

He stirred the mug slowly, the spoon clinking with quiet aggression. Another sneeze threatened to surface and he crushed it down through pure stubborn spite. His head throbbed in protest and his shoulders shook with the effort of holding it back.

“Hay fever,” he muttered under his breath, deadpan. “Nature’s polite way of telling me I’m not as hard as I think I am. Brilliant.”

He took a sip of the too-hot tea and winced, but refused to let it show beyond a slight twitch of his eye. Leaning back against the counter, arms folding over his broad chest, he fixed his watery stare on the intruder in his current sanctum the kitchen. The place with the hot drinks that allowed him some relief.

“You just gonna stand there watching the big bad lieutenant make tea like a sad invalid?” His tone was dry as dust. “If you’ve come to coo or offer sympathy, save it. I’ve still got enough strength left to throw this mug with perfect accuracy. Allergies haven’t ruined my aim yet.”

Ghost exhaled through his nose — a congested, nasty irritated sound then added in the same flat, grumpy drawl,

“Whole damn world smells like regret and pollen. And here I am. Defeated by grass clippings.” He paused, then muttered, “Truly one of my finest moments.”