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No. 6212
Prompt inspired by AnnetheCatDetective's fic "The Shuffle", and posted with her permission.
After a traumatic experience, Spy gets shell-shocked. He stops talking. He keeps fighting, but he starts making mistakes and having moments of hesitation, he freezes up on the field sometimes or times his cloak wrong or pulls the wrong disguise.
How would the mercenaries react to an enemy that is obviously off his game? A Sniper or an Engineer who turns around to find the Spy frozen mid-stab/sap, or a Pyro who is perplexed when the Spy accidentally uncloaks right in front of him, or a Scout who doesn't understand why the Spy is always silent and never mocks him nor replies to his insults, or a Soldier who wonders if the Frenchie is truly a surrendering coward, etc etc...
Would they wonder what’s up, maybe get suspicious and think it’s a trick? Would they not give a damn and simply keep going as usual? Would they realize that something must be wrong and feel sorry for him, but point out that their job is to kill enemies, nothing personal? Would they feel bad about it and start looking for excuses to avoid killing him? Would they be sadistic bastards about it and decide to take advantage of his vulnerable state? Would they do something else entirely?
And what about Spy himself? How would a proud and experienced professional, a man used to being the best and extremely smug about it, feel about his poor performances and his perceived weakness?
There can be any pairing or no pairing at all, there can be porn (con or non-con) or platonic mature introspection, it can be a short one-shot or a long multi-chapter. Anything goes, go wild with your imagination. Like Anne, I'd like to see several takes on the idea.
Pretty much the ONLY things I don't want to see are the "magical healing cock" and the "magical power of friendship" cliches. Sex and friendship are cool, but I don't want to see them used as cheap Deaus Ex Machina to quickly and easily fix a serius problem like shell shock.
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