Green Fields (Need)

[thehonorablebat]

Summary: The second story I ever posted.

Before XCOM's victory over ADVENT, there was twenty years of struggle. Bradford isn't sure how he survived it.

A loose collection of snippets, pre-X2.

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Bradford knew why Vahlen didn’t invite him to come with her on whatever quest she had embarked on. It was because he could disagree with her. Tell her that what she was doing was wrong.

She needed someone to tell her no, but that’s not what she wanted. She would brook no contradictions to the path she set in front of her.

In his loneliest moments, he would think that maybe he could swallow his own morals if it meant stopping ADVENT or staying with someone he knew. She could do the science, and he could make sure she was safe.

And that was another reason her leaving was a good thing.

He didn’t want to be put to the test like that. The likelihood of bending to accommodate Vahlen was all too high. She was going to get up to nasty things like the Commander always warned she would, and he didn’t need to be a witness to it.