Partners (Reaper76 Fanfic)

The Military

JACK'S POV

I've never told the full story of me and I'm commander Gabriel Reyes' relationship. We happy...but also complicated. We really cared about each other, but although what people on TV about us was true, there was so much more to it. I guess I should start from when I joined the military. I was 18 at the time. Since I was little I dreamed of becoming someone people looked up to for protection, like the superheroes from my comic books. I wanted to become a hero. I had prepared my self for the tests to join the military, I got into the fitness life and studied every day to exercise my brain. Luckily, I passed. On the first day we were taken to the military base on the outskirts of Washington D.C. When we arrived me and the other cadets were taken to the meeting hall, where we were given a big "Welcome to the Military" lecture. I probably was the only one who paid close attention. When the lecture was over, we were dismissed to our quarters. I took a good look at my room card. It said "Room 127". I took my time looking for my room, until I found out It was on the last floor. Apparently it was a good idea to make a 7-floor building without an elevator with the rooms 700 to 799 on the first floor. I groaned as I started to walk up the stairs. I saw quite a few guys pass by. Most of them weren't really good looking, although i did find a few that I considered cute, but they weren't my type. "No potential crush to fall for, good" I thought as I arrived at the last floor. Boy, was I wrong. I stepped into my room. There were around five bunk beds on it, all of them occupied, except for the one on the left corner on at the end of the room. I quickly made my way to it an threw my bag on the top bunk, but another person had also done the same. Another bag was laying on the top bunk besides mine. I looked at the owner of the bag. He was a gorgeous man, with light brown skin, fluffy dark brown hair and a muscular body. He also appeared to be growing a beard. The guy was my age, and he looked stunningly hot. "O-oh, sorry, i didn't see you there, I-I'll take the bottom bunk" I said, a bit embarrassed, with a light blush on my face. The guy just stared at me with an expressionless face for a few seconds, until his mouth turned into a little smile, maybe the most gorgeous smile I'd ever seen.  "No, don't worry, I'll take the bottom bunk" he said white a voice I found a bit sexy. "Y-you sure?" I answered. "Yeah" he replied with a smile, a heart-stopping smile.

A little time pases and i looked at my watch, it was now 11:30 A.M, we had gotten to the base at 9:00. A man walked in and we all stood up firmly, he started taking assistance, saying name after name. "Present" I said once he called mine. "And last, Gabriel Reyes" he called. "Present" the guy who offered  me the top bunk replied. "So, Gabriel's his name" I said to myself, for some reason I was really interested on this guy. After the man called assistance he took us on a trip around the facilities. I have to admit, they did look like really dirty. The tour was quite long, since we did watch many things through it, like the excruciatingly boring presentation that we were given about the story of the facilities. After the trip we were told the activities that we were going to do tomorrow. I looked at my clock, it was 5:00PM. "Did we really spend five and a half hours on this tour, wow" I said to myself. We were given an hour of free time before lights-out. In the tour i saw a little stairway leading to the roof of the cafeteria so i went there to think. I was in the middle of staring at the sky when I heard a voice behind me. "So, you noticed this place to?" The voice said, I turned around to see Gabriel Reyes behind me. "Uh, yeah, it looked...peaceful" I said, trying not to stutter. Gabriel sat beside me, and I got a good look at his beautiful face. "Yeah, that's what I thought to" he said. We sat there in silence for a moment until I decided to break it. "I don't think we have been formerly introduced, I'm Jack Morrison" i said, stretching my arm to give him a handshake. "Gabriel Reyes, but you can call me Gabe". "I wish I could call you babe" I thought. "Wait, what, no!" I interrupted my thoughts, how could think that about a complete stranger. Apparently I sat there thinking too long, since I saw Gabriel's hand waiving in front of my face "Hey. Earth to Morrison" Gabriel said, taking me back to reality. "Oh, uh, sorry, I was just thinking" I said a bit embarrassed. "About what, a special someone" he said with a smirk on his face. "What, no" I said blushing. "You sure" he said, getting closer to my face. I think my face was the shade of a tomato by now. "O-of course" I replied. "Okay" he replied with a sarcastic tone. "I'm not lying you know" I said, my blush dissipating. "Yeah sure" he replied, still with a sarcastic tone. I decided that there was no convincing him, so I dropped the topic. He looked at me quickly and then said something I didn't expect. "Yeah I think I'll enjoy being friends with you. I didn't know him much I wanted to hear that

Sorry this chapter is a bit short, but I'm still getting used to this.

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