#i dont even have an ncis au tag but i digress

[certified-anakinfucker]

📓grabs you

cough. cough cough shit man sorry this ask is so fucking DUSTY im losin a lung like tsiksos (send me a book emoji and i tell you about an imaginary story. meaning i will just explain an entire plot to you and then it will never get written)

fun fact: im going to use you as a life hack. i will talk about ncis lore that needs to be explained. throwing a dart - today we talk about strike-out and captain flow :)

i possibly mentioned before that flow was likely the only person who could have saved strike-out from healas. he was the only one who hit the right combos to get strike-out to trust him, and uh. for that, healas ordered strike-out to execute him then and there.

but their bond before that means So Much To Me. flow got his name because of how relatively easygoing he was in the face of . literal death and despair at all times

he was the first to comfort strike-out, to take the runt seriously. he stood up for him. he went with him on patrols to help him get his footing. all-nighters helping out with evidence (even if flow didnt realize they were futzing it.) as far as close goes, flow won by a landslide.

and it had to be a regular routine normal totally fine patrol that strike-out invited him to, that got him to the warehouse. where healas waited, finishing his lunch, greeting his son with a hint of pride at his quarry.

flow had never seen a switch flip in strike-out that turned him colder than the lowest midlevel, hardened, not.. really there anymore. and when healas told him to shoot, strike-out didnt meet his eye.

because he knew flow was terrified. he was singled out for nothing (singled out for being a good brother) and now with no exchange of words or jury or even a verdict, he was to be killed.

this was really strike-outs breaking point. he knew the moment he pulled the trigger that someone else had to give. either he did, or healas did. and he didnt think he had the strength to go against his own father.

he couldnt let coffee be next.

#cheeri inquires #cheeri is literate #i dont even have an ncis au tag but i digress #i will keep this around anyway #i love it when i get to do whatever i want.