❝ Honor, courage, semper fidelis. ❞ • 𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄!RUSSELL ADLER • 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄!READER • The first time Adler and [name] meet, Adler can barely remember. Hard to, when you're bleeding out and on the brink of death. But he does remember the sound of her voice very clearly, it had been the only thing anchoring him to consciousness at the time. The second time they meet is also blurry, seems as meeting in near death scenarios had become the usual for them. This time, what he remembers is the way her hands felt. He was pretty sure he had fractured them while holding onto her for dear life while she was trying to stop the bleeding, poor girl. The third time he remembers clearly. This time, he had been the one to save her from impendent death. He remembers her smile, something hard to do while you're one breath away from meeting the pearly gates. There's no fourth time they meet, because Adler isn't letting her go anymore.