𝘿𝙀𝙎𝙀𝙊𝙎 - 𝙏𝙍𝙊𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙓 𝙍𝙀𝘽𝙀𝙇

𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒

TROOPER

The silence between them is loud, despite their panting. Sweat glistens on their skin.

Their naked bodies covered only by a blanket.

He cannot look at the rebel beside him, it only feeds his guilt. They both know this is wrong, yet here they are. They are supposed to kill each other but the green soldier can't find himself to care, his heart aching for more of the rebel's touches. It is wrong, he tells himself but he keeps finding himself tangled in the rebel's sheets.

The pleasure between them is gone after their release, the feeling of ecstasy is gone and the creeping feel of guilt is starting to kick in. It swallows the green soldier whole, he promises to do better but he and the rebel both know it is a lie. He feels dirty, the rebel laying next to him is the embodiment of sin. He is the enemy and yet the green soldier craves him.

They cannot be together, they cannot be friends and yet when the rebel pulls the green soldier close, wrapping his arms around the other, he lets him.

He remembers his mother telling him that showers will erase everything, the water cleansing him if he lets it. But the marks of the rebel's mouth remain on his skin, no matter how hard he scrubs. The bruises will fade eventually, but the green soldier will still feel them on his body, and the memory of the rebel will be ingrained in his mind.

He tried telling his thoughts to the rebel, but the man merely laughed.

"We are all sinners, what is another one worth?"

The rebel brings their lips together, he is a temptation that Trooper is unable to resist and leads him further away from paradise.