MEDIC

Chapter 14. Here's The Plan

Edited 30/05/23 - minor changes to spelling.

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Come on. Just knock...how hard can it be?

You'd been stood outside König's door for the past five minutes, staring into the splintering wood that separated you from the huge Austrian solider.
König had instructed you to stop by after he'd had chance to wash up from his training routine so that the two of you could go over the mission brief together.

It made sense. While you'd read through the mission statement a hundred times over at this point, you'd not done so with the one person you were acting as a handler to. For the most part the briefing stated the objective and general placements of the individual team members, they'd no doubt been given a much more in-depth run down before you became involved. It was nerve wrecking...but exciting.

With a sharp breath you knocked a cheery beat into the wood of the door, taking a step back and smoothing down your t-shirt. You fiddled with your fingers absentmindedly, desperately trying to find coping mechanisms for the storm of butterflies growing in your stomach. After a few moments you heard the door unlock and open, König was stood on the other side...and he looked fucking gorgeous.

The Austrians usual messy bun was lacking, his dark blonde hair hung freely and framed his face, still obviously a little damp from his shower.
His glacial grey eyes seemed to glint in an almost predatory way, further enhanced by the dark circles he'd gained from an obvious lack of sleep. Königs face seemed to light up when he noticed it was you, despite inviting you to his quarters in the first place, he seemed almost relieved and surprised to see your face.

"Ah, Doctor! Please, come in."

König grinned and held the door open for you. You squeezed your way in between him and the wall, soaking in the sight and smell of his room.

It was a simple enough dormitory, smelling faintly of coffee and sandalwood. A shelf containing various books in both English and German were stacked neatly and you smiled when you noticed that some were comics and magazines on video games. Königs bed was meticulously made, the file containing the mission briefing was sat in the middle of the duvet.

Given there was no sofa or extra seating in his room you gathered that Königs bed would act as the makeshift desk to go through the mission.

König shut the door quietly behind the two of you, pacing over to the bed and rubbed the back of his neck anxiously as you both took a seat on the bed. The huge soldier made sure to sit a good arms length away from you, not wanting to encroach on your personal space. He shuffled back into the bed, crossing his legs and flicking open the folder that was positioned between you both. It seemed that he didn't want to waste any time with small talk.

"Ok...so... scheiße where do we even start with this?...How familiar with the mission are you, exactly?"

You crossed your legs, mimicking König and leaned back against his wall.

"Only what's in the folder, really. I don't know where everyone's going to be positioned, only that we're looking for more leads to do with an arms dealer?"

König nodded, humming in response to your answer. He flicked the file open, scrubbing through the pages until he came to a topographical map of the area the team would be conducting the mission around. König grabbed a pen that was tucked into the rings that bound the folder together and started drawing small circles with initials next to them, which you recognised to be each team mates first letter of their callsign.

"Alright, so, Ghost and Roach are entering at point A, sooo...right here." König marked a small area of the map with a "G" and an "R".
"They'll be doing the heavy work on this one, so it should be pretty easy for us. Horangi is going to provide backup for them both over at point B...here."
Again König marked the map, this time with an "H".