Chapter 1: Suppressed Feelings

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Falling in love with your best friend is both the best and worst experience in the world. It's all fun and games until your love interest finds out your secret romantic feelings you've had for them, then the friendly atmosphere suddenly dissolves along with the dignity you used to have.
The previous paragraph you have just read accurately represents the situation Y/n and Sniper are in.
E N J O Y
"Y/n! Get out of the bloody way!" I'm tryna kill their Heavy and you're just lingering around loike a hoodlum!" Sniper bellowed into your radio. You scrambled to find a way to get out of the Aussie's range. In the process, you hit a wall and clumsily fall to the floor. BLU team's Heavy towers over you, chuckling darkly. "Bye-bye leattle gorl!"  He declares, charging up his mini gun with delight. You brace yourself as you hear the signature whirring of the massive weapon.
It was suddenly cut off by a loud shot that could've possibly been heard all around the world. You look up to see the heavy crumple to the ground (I know it takes more than one headshot in the game), the sniper gives you a satisfying look from his nest. "Thanks Sniper, I would've cost us our win if it weren't for you" you gush as you stand up from where you almost died. "Ay, it's nothing, now can ya stop dawdlin' around with monologues loike that and get back to fightin'?!" He replies with a huff. But up in the bush man's sniper nest, he was red in the face at the thought of you. Yes, the Sniper has a huge crush on you. Needless to say, he uses his scope to his advantage.
RED TEAM WINS
You hear the joyous yet disappointing voice say in the intercom as the BLU team boo in defeat. Scout screams into his mic and Pyro starts doing a well-deserved dance of victory.

You look for Sniper, who is slowly approaching the victorious group. Mysteriously, he is late to the celebration. "Where were you?" You ask with a hint of concern. His face could've been mistaken as a part of his uniform because he was blushing madly. He averted his eyes from yours and quickly came up with, "Oh, t-the back fire from my gun put out my shoulder, took me a long time to get down." You nodded, "huh, and it must have been burning like hell up there 'cause you look red!" You tried to meet his eyes but he kept looking away. "Yep! Very much indeed" he rubs his neck in discomfort. "You good man?" You interrogate. Obviously not. Heavy starts the van and we all pile in. The van being a RED Bread Co. only transporting bread, had little to no space for the mercenaries.
You squeezed your way to the back, beckoning Sniper to accompany you in the cramped space. You sat down on a makeshift bench made of cardboard boxes. He slumped down next you... still not making eye contact. 'Did I do something wrong?' You thought to yourself, 'Was it because he had to save my sorry ass?'. Sniper cleared his throat and shifted around a bit, mainly in the lower half of his body. He tried put his arm around you (like how guys do when they sit down on a couch), but realized he couldn't do so because there wasn't anything to prop his arm up... and his shoulder hurt. You sighed, "This is getting boring, wanna play thumb war?" You held out your hand, waiting for him to accept the challenge. He reluctantly obliged, mainly because his hands were drenched in sweat. "I'm... gonna... w-in" you taunted, almost hooking his thumb in a winning position. "Really? Sheila, I can beat you any day" he fights back.
In all honesty, Sniper can defeat you any given day, but he lingers because he is in desperate need of your touch.
When the RED team arrives at the base with the intel, you immediately spot Miss Pauling at the entrance. You smile at her, she smiles back, but it's laced with worry.
"Everyone? C-can I have your attention?" Miss Pauling gulped, she took a deep breath. All 10 of the mercenaries (you're the civilian) crowded around her, timidly quiet.
"Gray Mann has successfully taken over Mann Co. meaning, we have no use for you all, meaning, you are all fired".

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