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Fraternization between agents is strictly not allowed in the Valorant Protocol. It’s written clear as day in the contract the agents sign, so Brimstone is really at his wits end with how much people seem to enjoy ignoring it. You name it, he’s seen it. Reyna and Sage kissing in the medbay? Check. Phoenix and Yoru deciding suddenly to ‘room together’ to ‘save space for new agents’? Been there, done that. Chamber and Breach doing god knows what at the training grounds? Brimstone didn’t really want to think about that one. No matter how many reminders people received, this rule was broken on the daily by almost all of them, and Brimstone had really given up enforcing it.
Now thats not to say he’s totally innocent, he's just much better at not getting caught than others. Besides, who would think he had shacked up with the resident robot of the protocol when the most affectionate he had ever been with someone was treating Killjoy as his daughter. His daughter who he had thankfully not seen doing anything scandalous so far. Not that he didn’t have his suspicions, he was almost positive her and Raze had a thing, but that was before he saw Raze and Astra making out in the hangar, making some excuse about airplane maintenance. As if Brimstone would let Raze anywhere near the inner workings of a plane.
Just because Brimstone was good at not getting caught, didn’t quite mean he was perfect.
The first time someone had walked in on him and Kay/o had been relatively innocent, thank god, seeing as it was Sage. They were picking a new record out to listen to while they worked, Kay/o resting his chin on Brim’s shoulder, arms wrapped around his middle, with Brimstone holding different records up and getting the bot's opinion.
“Oh I know,” Brim said, grabbing one off the shelf, about to proudly hold it up for approval when the door suddenly swung open.
“Brimstone, about the training with Neon, I-” Sage said walking in before stopping short at the sight of the two in such an intimate embrace. “Is now uh, a bad time?” She asked, wringing her hands together nervously. Kay/o quickly pulled away, pulling something off the shelf to inspect as Brimstone walked over, face reddening slightly.
“No no, what do you need.” He said, crossing his arms. She explained the situation and he answered her questions and gave her advice.
“Alright, that should be all, thank you Captain.”
“Oh and Sage? Nothing happened here, okay?” A knowing smile grew on her face, one that had Brimstone growing rather nervous.
“Why Brimstone, I'm sure I have no clue what youre talking about.” She said with a sly wink, before walking out. Brimstone hung his head as he felt Kay/o’s arms slipping around his waist again, before turning and resting his head on his shoulder.
“What record did you pick?” Kay/o asked, and Brimstone held the one in his hand up, before feeling Kay/o pull it out of his hand and walk over to the record player. “Works not gonna do itself honeybee.”
The next time they're caught Brimstone doesn't even know about it. He had been working with Kay/o in their now shared office, each on their own projects, but offering assistance when needed. It had been a late night, which would normally be fine for Brim, but he had had a rather taxing mission earlier that day and he was beat. He could feel his eyes drooping even as he struggled to make any progress in his work, and before he knew it he was asleep. Kay/o had gently pulled him out of his sitting position, careful not to wake him, and resting his head on the leather part of his thigh, immediately tucking back into his work once he was sure Brimstone wouldn’t wake up.
“Brimstone! Hallo!” Killjoy had bounded into the room, the door being open, only to immediately be shushed by Kay/o, whose display had an exclamation point, as he pointed down to the sleeping captain. She nodded and let out a soft ohhh, before saying she would check in with him tomorrow. Kay/o had used his internal comm system to send Killjoy an email very clearly stating that she saw nothing to which she responded with an emoji that was zipping its lips. He hoped that meant she would keep quiet about it.
The third time is really not his fault. Honestly! He had shut his door and everything! Him and Kay/o hadn’t had any alone time in a while and they had planned to make at least a little use out of that, Brimstone straddling Kay/o and his mouth pressing gentle kisses to his neck as Kay/o rubbed small circles into his hips, both of them just wanting to be close to the other, gain some intimacy back from everything that had happened.
So no, it was not his fault that some people did not know how to knock, he just never thought Sabine would be one of them.
“Brimstone, I need these files approved by monday. Can you detach from your boyfriend long enough to manage that?” She asked, without batting an eye at the slightly scandalous position they had been caught in, crossing her arms with a scowl.
“Yeah, just uh-” Before he could finish she tossed them onto the dresser near the door, turning to walk out.
“Next time at least put a sock on the handle.” She stated as she left, shutting the door firmly behind her. Brimstone let his head droop down onto Kay/o’s chest before sliding off to the side of him.
“We need to get a lock.”
The last time, was probably their fault. Brimstone wouldn't deny that, but he also wouldn’t deny that it was unintentional. Part of him was sick of hiding, especially when no one else felt the need to, so maybe choosing to watch a movie in the common room, laying on the couch with Kay/o resting his head on his chest, cuddling beneath a warm blanket on a Wednesday afternoon was slightly intentional.
The first people who found them were Phoenix, Yoru, Jett and Raze, they were coming back from the range and he cringed inwardly thinking of the mess the must have made but ultimately focused on the movie, hand rubbing circles gently into Kay/o’s back as he played with the fingers on his other hand, fiddling with them like a nervous tic. He knew what Brim was doing, and he was a little nervous of what the others would say, but he tried his best not to care. His feelings for Brim were far more important than what the other agents thought of them. The group hadn’t really said anything to them, but Brimstone heard Phoenix whispering quite loudly to Yoru, before there was the distinct sound of someone getting smacked upside the head followed by an indignant cry. They had left rather swiftly after grabbing drinks from the fridge.
The next group was Sage, Killjoy, Viper, and Fade and there had been no real reaction from them other than Killjoy asking what movie they were watching and then sighing when Brimstone said the Star Wars trilogies.
Breach, Chamber, Skye, and Astra came in next, not too wild of reactions, but Skye did smack Chamber after he asked a rather intrusive question, before Breach pulled him out of the room, as Skye trailed after them, quietly scolding him. Astra followed behind them, but only after whispering a quiet congratulations for them.
Sova and Neon found them shortly after; they simply asked if either of them had seen the chessboard recently. Kay/o said it should be in their office and they had left without anything but congratulations from the two.
Cypher and Omen were the last two to find them, several hours later, around two a.m., the two coming in and making drinks, no small talk between the two, and they moved around in almost silence. Brimstone wouldn't have even known they were there had Cypher not walked over and crouched next to him, whispering a promise that he had already deleted anything his cameras had caught and Omen taking the hat off his head before cuffing the back of his head, scolding him for teasing their captain before the set out, no further fuss.
They fell asleep on the couch together, wrapped up in each other's arms, waking only at the sound of someone making breakfast in the kitchen, just to pick their movie marathon back up after eating. Jett had asked to join after she ate, and naturally Skye came with, and before he knew it, almost the whole protocol was sitting around in the common room, joking around and watching the movie, Brimstone and Kay/o still cuddled close.