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Gunner knocked on the unassuming door of the apartment in front of him. The loud raps of his knuckles demanded entry, reflecting the frustration roiling in his chest.[break][break]

He'd received a report from the rehabilitation program run by Raziel Beckett that one of their latest additions, mila alexopoulos, had not been showing up to meetings. And as the HBIC agent assigned to oversee her reintegration into society, Gunner was forced to do something about it.[break][break]

The apartment was hers, which she shared with a young woman named Mei Liu. He knew Mei would not be home — the woman was a professional escort who worked at night. Mila, on the other hand, should have already finished her shift at the fashion boutique, Primarina.[break][break]

It was the perfect time to confront her alone, as her rehabilitation was a private matter. Gunner didn't think Mei knew about Mila's former ties with Team Rocket.[break][break]

"Mila, are you home? It's Agent Graves. We need to talk," he called out as he knocked again.

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[attr="class","mila2"] lukas was dead.

[break][break] there were good days and bad days. on good days, it was easy to forget. it was easy to smile and laugh and tease Raziel Beckett as they jumped through all the stupid hoops of their new ranger training. razz was so much better at it than her, and she was a bumbling mess, but it was often just enough to see the way his face wrinkled up in frustration or rage at being teased to make it all worth it. on good days, she could walk through the market with Mei Liu and pretend what it was like to live a nice, easy, normal life. they could try on colorful scarfs or taste test wine and cheese, and flirt until the sun went down. and most of all, on good days, it was easy to walk through rustburo and not be reminded of jackson barrett or his brother or deda.

[break][break] but bad days were impossible.

[break][break] everywhere she walked, every corner she turned, she would be reminded of it. of rocket, of jackson, of lukas. she would be reminded of the way those awful grunts had laughed, pouring alcohol and drink over her brother's dead body, as if they weren't the reason that he was dead. as if it wasn't because of rocket that they were like this in the first place.

[break][break] mila had told lukas not to follow her. she'd done it all for him, had sacrificed all of it for him, and all he had to do was just not follow her.

[break][break] when the door knocks, signaling the presence of another, mila burrows herself deeper into her blanket. the sound of fists against a door thuds loudly in her ears, in her heart, and she just wants to hide away.

[break][break] "go away, razz!" she shouts back.

[break][break] he was just a kid. he'd give up in a minute, like he always did.

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Mila's muffled voice confirmed she was home, though it seemed she hadn't heard Gunner. He tried the doorknob and found it unlocked. The door gave way under his hand, and he took an uncertain step over her threshold.[break][break]

"Mila?" Gunner ventured, brow furrowing in concern.[break][break]

The apartment was a mess. Clothes lay scattered across the floor alongside several empty beer bottles. A small stack of dishes and empty bags of junk food cluttered on the coffee table.[break][break]

And on the couch huddled Mila, her dark hair peeking out from the folds of a large blanket.[break][break]

"Mila, what is this? Are you drunk?" Gunner demanded. He closed the door behind him before picking his way across the floor toward her.

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[attr="class","mila2"] even as the HBIC agent stepped into the living room, mila didn't move from her spot. in fact, she only burrowed in deeper, content to hide from the rest of the world until it all but faded away.

[break][break] normally, mila was effusively bright and bubbly. to the point that she knew that even Raziel Beckett found the likes of her annoying on the best of days, but not enough for him to actually push her away. today, however, she let the darkness wash over her in waves. there was no fighting it. this was who she was. ambrose and anastasia had made her in a pit of hell and fire, and she'd been destined to be born in ash — even though she'd escaped rocket, there was no escaping this.

[break][break] "razz," she moaned, her voice muffled. "just leave me alone."

[break][break] she wasn't going to the meeting today. he - and everyone else - could fuck themselves. it didn't matter if she was there or not, didn't matter if she was alive or not. she could be dead, just like lukas was, and none of it would matter. no one would give a damn.

[break][break] it's only when a voice - one that is decidingly not belonging to the cute, yet somehow sour-faced ranger she'd grown close to working with - echoes in the room that she picks up. she peeks out of the blanket fort, blinking blearily at the figure that walks towards her.

[break][break] "wha... you're not razz."

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Gunner shook his head, feeling his exasperation worsen. "No, I'm definitely not."[break][break]

He was at the side of the couch by then. Reaching down, he peeled the blanket off her, hoping he wasn't intruding on a woman wearing only her pajamas.[break][break]

Regardless of her state of dress, he'd start folding the blanket as a way to occupy his hands. "I got a call from Razz, though, saying you hadn't been showing up to meetings. What's going on?"[break][break]

Gunner's gaze swept over the floor again. The state of the apartment reminded him of a similar circumstance, only he had been the one with the beer bottles and the dirty dishes.[break][break]

The months after Sayori's death had been a blur of agony and depression. Even then, two years later, Gunner shut the memory away with alacrity.[break][break]

"Have you been holing up here and drinking?" he said to Mila, refocusing on the present. On work.

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[attr="class","mila2"] she stared at him blankly, at first only barely recognizing the fact that it wasn't her bestie from the ranger academy.

[break][break] it was...

[break][break] "hey!"

[break][break] suddenly, the blanket was ripped off of her. luckily, mila wasn't completely nude under the blanket but she was still only wearing the bare essentials. short shorts and a crop top with the words PRINCESS stamped on the front of it.

[break][break] she reaches for the blanket but gunner's too fast. or maybe she's too slow. either way, she fumbles herself upright and finds a beer bottle on the coffee table, taking a swig of it.

[break][break] "what's it to you?"

[break][break] she squints at him.

[break][break] "gus? grey?"

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Mila may not have been nude, but she was in a state of undress Gunner had never seen her in before. He could not help staring at the pale expanse of her flat stomach or the curves of her thighs, even as he busied himself folding the blanket.[break][break]

But then she lurched upright and drank from a beer bottle and forgot his name, and he frowned disapprovingly. She was definitely drunk.[break][break]

"Gunner," he corrected, exasperated. He threw the blanket aside and tried to snatch the bottle from her hands. "And you are supposed to be at a rehab meeting right now. Care to explain this?"[break][break]

Though he had a sinking feeling he knew exactly what was going on, his job required him to find out the truth. And to punish her for it, if necessary.

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[attr="class","mila2"] "gunner," she repeated in a slur, looking up at him with curious eyes. her gaze twinkled beneath their drunken stupor. her lips twisted into a smile. "you're cute."

[break][break] hot was more like it, but in her current state, mila couldn't be bothered to use the words to describe it. he pulled the bottle from her grip and she frowned, eyes suddenly flashing with disdain.

[break][break] "hey! give that back!"

[break][break] she stumbled towards him, but he was better equipped than her. or maybe just less drunk than her. standing toe-to-toe with him, she glared up at him, bottom lip jutted out in a pout.

[break][break] "this? what do you mean?" haughtily, a hand rested on her bare hip. "looks like you broke into my house, and now you're keeping my things from me. you're lucky i don't call the police."

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"You're cute."[break][break]

Gunner froze, Mila's bottle raised aloft in his hand. Of all the things she could have said, that was what he'd least expected, especially considering how much she appeared to hate his guts whenever they talked.[break][break]

And against all odds, the first thought in his mind was, She's cute, too.[break][break]

Mila stumbled into him. Instinctively, Gunner reached out with his free hand to keep her from falling over. His arm wrapped around her waist and his palm pressed against the small of her back. Her bare skin was hot to the touch; the contact sent an electric jolt through Gunner, down into his stomach and below.[break][break]

Her yelling was obnoxious, but somehow, the heat stirring in him did not diminish. It flared. Then he realized it wasn't her yelling drawing his interest but her defiance. Even in her state, even though he should be scolding her for skipping her meetings, she was defying him.[break][break]

She was sexy.[break][break]

… What the actual fuck, Gunner?[break][break]

"There's no need to call the police. Here. Have your beer if that's more important to you than getting your life together," he snapped, shoving the bottle toward her. He started to move away, though he found himself reluctant.

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[attr="class","mila2"] his touch set her skin on fire.

[break][break] as his palm settled on her lower back, her eyes flit up towards him. desire mingled in with her alcoholic haze, and for a moment, she found herself distracted by the look of his lips moving as he spoke to her. it took her a moment to realize that he was talking - and to her of all things — and god, had he always been this hot?

[break][break] "wait - " she said, when he began to pull away. her fingers wrap around his wrist, brows knitted together in confusion. he had already said what his name was, but for some reason, it was in this moment that she realized who he was. he wasn't just gunner, he was Gunner Graves — that parole officer who'd been assigned to her who —

[break][break] "wait!"

[break][break] her eyes widened, cheeks suddenly flush with recognition. embarassment flooded through her then, realizing what it was he was here for, and why he was here. fuck. how'd she let herself get here again?

[break][break] "you're here? for me?"

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Gunner had almost detached himself from Mila when her slender fingers wrapped around his wrist, clinging to him like a lifeline. He blinked, taken aback by her insistence. And he was still holding the beer bottle in his other hand; she hadn't taken it back from him.[break][break]

"What? Yes, I'm here for you." He could not help the slight exasperation in his tone. "I'm checking up on you to make sure you're all right. You weren't picking up Razz's calls."[break][break]

Carefully, he set the bottle down on the coffee table and started to remove her hand from his wrist. His fingers curled around her own, the skin-on-skin contact more exhilarating than it should have been.[break][break]

"Seriously, Mila, you're a mess," Gunner muttered, trying to ignore the sudden urge to bring her closer.

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[attr="class","mila2"] it felt like years ever since someone had cared for her. truly cared, and not in the friendship kind of way. sure, Mei Liu was her best friend and did her best, but there was only so much that a person could put up with mila's random moodswings. her roommate knew better than to bother mila when she was in her fits like this, something that Gunner Graves had not yet learned to recognize.

[break][break] 'yes, i'm here for you.'

[break][break] for some reason, those words sent a surge of heat and desire through her chest like nothing else. and when she looked up at him, it was with near-yearning. then the understanding kicked in.

[break][break] "oh," she said, billowing out a laugh, allowing him to peel her hands off of him. the disappearance of heat was disappointing, but she'd ignore it for now. "you're here as razz's little sidekick."

[break][break] ironic considering the fact that razz was nothing more than a boy, and gunner here - he was a man.

[break][break] "a mess?" she snaps suddenly, eyes flashing with anger. she lifts a manicured hand and then shoves it at his chest. "what gives you the right to say that? what do you know?"

[break][break] "is that what you do? just show up to girl's houses and look for ways to drag them down?"

[break][break] "you don't know what i'm going through," she seethes. it's then that she decides to grab the beer bottle back from him, or at least try to. "just fuck off already. why do you give a crap about what i do?"

[break][break] "you're just here to cash a paycheck."

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Razz's little sidekick? Was Mila stupid? Gunner's eyes flashed at the insult. "No, I am here on behalf of the HBIC. You're my responsibility, like it or not, and I am trying to help you get back on your feet."[break][break]

He let her take the bottle. What was she going to do, throw it? She was drunk.[break][break]

Mila's accusation — that he didn't know what she was going through — stung more than he wanted. Gunner's lips pressed into a flat line. But instead of extending an olive branch for peace, instead of trying to empathize with her, he only doubled down.[break][break]

Such would be a mark of their future relationship.[break][break]

"Can't I give a crap? Can't I try to help? Arceus, Mila, it's like you don't want help. Is that it?" he yelled back. "You want to wallow in your misery forever?"

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[attr="class","mila2"] when she took the bottle back, she took a swig. it was satisfying, the way that it burned down her throat, and glaring at him in a way that burned in her eyes.

[break][break] 'no, she wanted to yell back at him. 'you're not allowed to give a crap. you're not allowed to have an opinion on anything, because you have no idea what i'm going through.'

[break][break] instead, however, she just gripped the bottle more tightly until she threw it. it shattered, suddenly, in the floor between them, but she didn't care because she was yelling back at him too.

[break][break] "yeah!" she said, stalking back towards him. "congratulations! you win! i want to be fucking sad forever and wallow in it. it's what i deserve, isn't it?"

[break][break] once again, she reaches for him and shoves her hand against his shoulder.

[break][break] "rockets like me - that's all we're good for, right? just being miserable, or making guys with hero complexes like you feel better. you just come in here, pretending like you care, until you've done your community service for the day. but you don't actually help. you just come in and check on me and make sure i go to this meeting. but what about after the meeting? what about when the other rangers glare at me and tell me i'm a killer?"

[break][break] "are you going to come save me then? come protect me then?"

[break][break] she bares her teeth.

[break][break] "is that what you want, hotshot?"

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