[B4T] In The Shadows (Black Ops Romance/Action/Adventure)

!! If this post is still up, then I am still looking for partners !!

The hum of fluorescent lights grated on Ivan’s nerves. Too clean. Too quiet. Sterile spaces always felt dishonest to him—like the worst things in the world didn’t happen under bright lights.

Oxcorp called this a “low-friction retrieval.” In and out. No gunfire, no mess. Just a thumb drive and a salary bump. But they’d left out the part where a civilian scientist would still be working past midnight.

Lab 7-B smelled faintly of coffee and ozone. Ivan slipped inside like smoke, the lock bypassed in seconds. The data terminal was already humming—encrypted, but not to someone like him. His gloved hands moved with mechanical ease as he slotted the drive.

Then she turned around.

A woman, early thirties, tired eyes framed by smeared mascara and a white lab coat. She froze when she saw him, holding a mug like a shield.

“You’re not facility security,” she said carefully.

Ivan sighed. Always the observant ones. “No.”

“What are you here for?”

“Data.”

Her eyes flicked to the console behind her. “Then I’m too late.”

Ivan raised an eyebrow. “Too late for what?”

She set the mug down and stepped forward, trembling, but defiant. “I was going to delete it. That project—it's not just synthetic virology. It’s programmable biowarfare. You know that, right?”

Ivan said nothing.

She continued, her voice rising. “They didn’t tell you, did they? Of course not. You’re just another asset. You do what they ask. Kill who they say. But if you had any idea what that data is—”

“I don’t,” Ivan interrupted, tone dry but taut. “And they didn’t care enough to tell me.”

The drive chirped—87% complete.

The silence between them thickened.

He hated this part. The gray areas. Ivan had killed diplomats, arms dealers, cartel lieutenants—people who understood the game. But this? A woman in a lab coat trying to stop a mistake?

He looked at her, really looked. Fear, yes—but also conviction. She believed she was doing the right thing.

“I don’t have to stop you,” she said softly. “Just help me corrupt the files. We can make it look like an accident. You still get paid.”

His fingers twitched at his side.

Victoria Hand’s instructions had been clear: “Retrieve everything. No traces. No survivors.”

Ivan exhaled slowly. “Do you know what happens if I walk out of here without that drive?”

“I know what happens if you don’t.”

The drive beeped—complete.

He stepped forward before he could think better of it. In a flash, her hand darted for the console.

She was fast. He was faster.

They struggled—briefly, breathlessly. She clawed at his arm. For a second, he thought about letting her go.

Then instinct took over.

One sharp motion. Silenced shot.

She went still in his arms.

He let her down gently, her eyes frozen wide—not afraid. Just… disappointed.

Ivan stood over her, the drive now impossibly heavy in his hand. He glanced around the lab—no alarms, no blood. Everything still perfect. Still clean.

But inside him, something cracked.

He walked out without a sound, rain hissing on the concrete like a whisper.

On the rooftop, he opened his comm. “Package secured.”

Victoria’s voice filtered in, casual and cold. “Excellent. You’re still reliable.”

He didn’t respond right away. Then: “Yeah. Still.”

She clicked off.

Ivan pocketed the drive and stared out at the city, neon lights cutting through the fog. The streets below bustled with people who didn’t know his name. Who didn’t know what had just been done to keep them safe—or maybe, to put them in more danger.

He suddenly wondered what it might feel like to be one of them.

To not be a weapon.

But for now, he had a job.

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Hey everyone :) I hope you enjoyed the introduction to my character Ivan! I’m looking to do a roleplay where we play two highly trained Black Ops agents with shady backgrounds and loose morals who meet on an assignment: to assassinate each other. Once we realize we’ve been setup we’d team up together to take down Oxcorp and the villainous Victoria Hand.

This would probably be story focused although i’m definitely interested in smut when it feels right between our characters. I’ve left a lot of room for us to discuss your character and his backstory so even if you don’t have an immediate idea in we can still workshop it. I’m open to playing on here or discord so just send me a message with any ideas you had and we can get something going. Hope to hear from you all soon!

Kinks: slow burn, dom/sub

Limits: scat, feet, prolapse