Andrew does not want to save the world.

[legaltoughguy]

[The former Marine is just going to shake his head and then give his mun one of his famous nonplussed looks.]

First of all, my sister. I can't just up and leave Chicago and leave her behind. That's completely out of character for me. I might trust Will to protect her but I'm not going to abandon her.

Second of all, this isn't like a band. You don't just add and subtract people from a special ops unit. I don't think they need a third wheel, and that's what I'd be, a third wheel. I was with the Marines and that was years ago. I wasn't Delta, I wasn't a SEAL like Steve, I was a Marine and I canonly lack skills that those guys probably need.

And third, and not like this is important compared to the other two, but I spent a long time serving my country already. It exhausted me and a lot of times it scared me. I'm not exactly looking to put myself through that grind again or risk getting my head shot off one more time. I like my office. I'm sure that's unpatriotic to say, but it's the truth.

I'm sure my boys would tell you they don't care either. Saving the world is what they do. It's not what I do anymore.

Comments

[teufelshunde]

No such thing as a 'former Marine'. [Wow, Brad is suffering some serious secondhand embarrassment for you, Andrew. Way to imply Devil Dogs are anywhere less skilled than Army or Navy.]

[legaltoughguy]

Not in most people's dictionaries, which was why I didn't say that out loud. [Andrew shakes his head.] It's just how I choose to define it for myself. Nothing personal against you or anyone else, Sergeant.

[teufelshunde]

No but you're talking as though you're no longer a Marine just because you left the service. Hell, you're talking about how a bunch of dicksuck Army and Navy POGs are better than a Marine on his worst day? Sorry 'Special Forces' POG's Not much on the esprit de corps, huh?

[legaltoughguy]

What I had to say was only in relation to myself and if I offended you, I apologize, but it certainly wasn't intended to be the sweeping generalization you're taking it as.

[teufelshunde]

[Brad grinned suddenly in a wide, rather toothy manner.] Nah, I'm just fucking with you. [That grin wasn't particularly friendly and decidedly predatory.] Had you going with that moto bullshit though, didn't I.

[legaltoughguy]

It's partially my fault. I should have been clearer but I have a tendency not to use my words well. Especially when I'm pissed, which I was when I said that.

[teufelshunde]

If you mundane seems to think you're up to par with keeping up with Spec Ops maybe they have more confidence in your abilities. What was your unit?

[legaltoughguy]

She's never nailed down one specific unit, but I was CID for a while. And it was a long time ago, so physically I'm not sure I've got the goods anymore, at least not at the elite level for any military service. What I do now is worlds apart from serving.

[teufelshunde]

Unless you're Recon you can probably work till your mid to late forties without any real issue. [The blond man was eying Andrew a tad askance now.] CID? Christ, don't tell me you're some communist ballwashing lawyer.

[Ever the fount of sensitivity this one.]

[legaltoughguy]

[That gets a laugh out of him.] Criminal investigator. It's what I do now, I work as an in-house investigator for a law firm here in Chicago.

But what she's thinking of is shipping me off with my...friends who work for a highly classified military organization. Usually everyone around them ends up dead. I feel like that's not the place where I should be seeing if I still have it. That's the place where you'd better have your shit together.

And even if I did still have my shit together, I can't really in good conscience leave my sister.

So very, very sorry. -cry-

[teufelshunde]

Sold out to suck the cock of Corporate America, huh? [Brad drawled laconically before rolling his eyes.] The filthy tree-hugging liberal hippie who runs me says I should apologize for being me but fuck that shit. If she can't handle a Marine she never should have picked me up in the first place.

So if I offended your girly sensibilities, I'm not apologizing. Though good luck convincing your mundane to do the sensible thing. They rarely do. Mainly because they mostly seem to have been dropped on their heads as a child much like my RTO. Either that or their whiskey tango sister fucking parents carried on the fucking retarded genes with their progeny. Or at least that's been my experience with them.

But if you don't think you can hack it and you're going to get people killed with your ineptitude then by all means, sit it out. Just don't use your sister as an excuse for bitching out.

Yeeeeeeeeeeah. Wrong move.

[legaltoughguy]

I'm not using my sister as an excuse. She's going through a really fucking difficult time right now and I don't think it'd be right of me to leave her when she's in and out of the goddamn hospital every other week.