Silent And Deadly

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There was something wrong with Athena, Matteo knew it.

And surprisingly it wasn't that she had an empty bottle lying by her.

Didn't I just get locks for that cabinet?

She was quieter than normal. And that was saying something.

She would keep her head down, she wouldn't roll her eyes at him. Or grunt at him when he talked to her. She didn't even flip him off.

He shouldn't loathe the way she wouldn't even look at him.

He hated it.

She kept her head down, barely drinking a bottle a day. She might be a slight alcoholic. Slightly. She wouldn't move from the couch. She always seemed to be taking at her hands.

Matteo had noticed that her hands were shaking at some points.

"Is she still... depressed?" The Italian was a relief to hear. Having to only talk to himself in English, just in case she would respond or even react to him, for the past two days was killing him.

"I guess, that might not be the right terminology for it," Matteo replied.

Enzo was contacting Matteo to tell him to 'get my lazy ass to the club for the next mission'.

"Just get down here before the two alpha males start a passing contest."

It turns out Samuel and Antonio, don't like one another. Shocking.

"No need to complain because you aren't getting dick." Matteo truly tried not to laugh.  But even his accent was cracking as Enzo caused him out from the other side of the phone.

Enzo went on about he didn't need any...dick... he was just not having the best day.

"Yeah, because your new boy toy doesn't live in your bedroom." Matteo chuckled, he had given up on trying to keep in the laugh.

"At least I'm not fantasizing about the woman sleeping on my couch."

Matteo could feel his ears burn with the heat of embarrassment. He had told his brother of the one dream in confidence. Confidence that it would stay between the both of them.

He then proceeded to curse out his brother with every curse word in the Italian language.

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The whole way to the After Dark club. Matteo tried anything and everything to get a reaction out of the woman beside him. He even went as far as pouring coffee down his shirt.

She didn't even look at him. 

That was saying something because in the few weeks Matteo had known her, she seemed to enjoy it when people were in pain. A sadistic thing to say.

The only sound she made was when the driver accidentdentaly slammed on the break too fast, causing her to let out a yelp when she slammed into the seat in front of her.

Ouch.

Matteo lead them through the After Dark hallways, making their way to the meeting room. There was long voices coming from behind the closed doors as they approached. Matteo could see Athena grab her head as he pushed open the doors. 

Yelling and chaos were what they walked into.

"You have to be kidding if you think I'm letting you do that!" Ford was streaming at Antonio, and Matteo was surprised he was still standing.