#(yoooo who asked for more angst because yESSSS)

[roguishlyhandsomesecretagent]

"Look, I'm not gonna lie here," Rex remarked drowsily, unaware of the serum now in his system, "you want my biggest secret? I'm usually one to flirt but like, this one guy? Red haired, absolutely wild, used to be an emperor. We've had him in our database for years. Turns out, I'm in love with him. Unfortunate for the both of us, we're enemies."

Rex started to take on the appearance of someone who'd had a bit too much to drink.

"Rex, this wasn't the information we needed---"

An enemy agent was abruptly interrupted by the spy.

"If you'd let me finish, I'll tell you. So anyway," he continued in a conversational manner, completely unaware of the position he was in, "that was a huge problem. I don't actually feel comfortable with this, considering I'm not an open and vulnerable person and I don't trust this man, so I end up flirting with some other people to take my mind off and yet I still visit him because I can't help it. I feel sorry for the guy, his father was a dick and left him in charge at 18 because his mum died when he was 14, so I just justify it as helping him, as I do, because that's just me."

He took on a solemn expression at this, which wasn't really him. "Of course I love him," he said, laughing amusedly, "but I don't trust myself around him and yet...I feel as if I'm abandoning him. I don't want to cause any jealousy with the way he looks at me sometimes because I don't want to commit to this but I can't leave him. And I'd hate to see him have anyone else's attention even if I don't want it either, because I'm a hypocrite. I just chalk it up to my emotional issues to find any level of control. It's hard to flirt with others when he's stuck at the back of my mind."

He let out a breath before the last part.

"I wish it could've been anyone else but him."