: ??? Far From Home『TF2 x Reader』

Chapter 3: Victory

The sounds of screaming and gunshots made him rush out the door, slamming it behind him; I could hear his feet rush off.

I remained sat on the bed, covering my ears to not hear the horrific noises, it's different compared to hearing it on a screen, it's too real, at every moment I was in a constant state of fight or flight.

After seeing a man burn to death in-front of my own eyes, It was a perfect reminder of what these men actually deal with and what they're actually like. I had to remind myself these aren't just normal everyday people I'm dealing with and that they are cold-hearted blood thirsty-insane mercenaries willing to kill anyone who stands between them and their tasks.

A few minutes past and I moved my hands away from my ears just as the administrator's voice boomed.

"Victory!"

I quickly sped out of Pyro's room, rushing to find the mercs, I followed the sound of distant cheering and what sounded like words of encouragement to each other, I had found them entering the lounge with cases of beers and cider.

Pyro quickly spotted me, rushing over. "Huddah huddah! Mmph mmmph mmph mmrgh!" I assumed he was scolding me for leaving the room.

One merc took notice of me struggling to communicate with Pyro and walked his way over. "Pyro is saying." Engineer proceeded to translate. "You could've been hurt."

I was relieved that at least one of them could understand Pyro's muffles.

Judging by Engineers face and next choice of words it was clear that Pyro had told him that I was found outside my designated room. But then again was it really my fault if nobody had told me to stay put until later the day after?

"These battles are usually very unpredictable." Engineer explained. "It was bad enough we had two people off the field today." He gave a slightly irritated look to Pyro and quickly relaxed huffing. "We almost lost the briefcase."

"You're two men down?"

"Well Sniper is still on holiday, but he should be back during the evening." He then motioned to Pyro. "And this one got distracted my his imagination."

A giggle escaped Pyro as it seemed he didn't understand the Engineer was annoyed with him as he gave me a shy wave as he extended his hand. (I imagined if he wasn't wearing a mask there'd be a cute smile on his face.)

Engineer seemed to grin at Pyro's response as he turned to me. "See! He already likes ya!"

I chuckled, reaching my hand out to his, what I wasn't expecting was a painfully firm grip. "Ow?!"

Engineer pulled Pyros hand away turning to me. "Yeah, he's got quite a harsh grip. Dont'ya Pyro?"

I shook the my pained hand to regulate the blood flow. "He sure does."

"Mrgh mmrgh mmmpphmph mrr mph mghh huddah m mmrgh!"

Engineer translated. "He says he's so excited to have a new person to talk to."

"Well I'm sure we will get along just fine." I gave a warm smile.

"Oh Y/n!" Engineer began. "Are you up for joinin' the boys and I in the living room for drinks to celebrate our victory?"

I didn't know whether or not I should, anxiety started piling up on me, I'm conflicted whether or not anybody here likes me or if the ones I am yet to meet will like me. "I don't know if I should."