Info: 30 Day OTP Challenge Day 1 – "Holding Hands"
Reaching
It didn't quite count when they were hand in hand for practical reasons. Lin, still considered new to Taurus despite serving for over a year, had lagged toward the back of the group as they ran toward the boat. Regardless, Gaius was the one turn around after hopping aboard and reached out when he saw Lin was still running down the dock.
The boat was already in motion, as it should have been considering the time sensitivity of a spying mission. Gaius stepped to the back of the boat and reached out as Lin grabbed ahold of his hand and jumped over the growing gap. The boat shook as he hopped aboard, receiving several dirty looks from the other soldiers who weren't terribly fond of someone so young earning the Dawn King's trust rather quickly.
"You alright?" the commander asked.
"Yeah, fine," Lin replied as he tried to catch his breath.
Gaius seemed a bit bemused at the contrast of young tactician's words and breathlessness. As usual, the conversation didn't last long, but Gaius was never one to waste time or words when more important matters awaited. Gaius turned back to his other men and started issuing orders to the rest of his men. Lin sat down on the wooden bench at the back of the vessel and grabbed his note taking supplies to start mapping out the entrances of the fort they'd searched.
"Good job locating the dam entrance."
"We'll be able to make use of it during the attack," Lin said with a nod.
Gaius' attention was diverted to another of the soldiers when she started asking questions about how soon they would attack. Lin returned to his notes, making the most of the moonlight illuminating the page well enough to write.
It didn't mean anything – not that he expected it to.
Author's Notes: This is going to be a series of 30 drabbles and I'm aiming for daily updates. They're all going to be on the shorter side, but on the plus side, you get lots of them. I'm challenging myself to make things happen in smaller amounts of words.
