Side Chick Era… Over
Theo choked on the words, then asked, small and scared, "Thomas, you know how to… disarm bombs?"
Thomas let something like a soft smile touch his face. "Yes. I can do anything."
Theo was young; his fear was raw and immediate. Seeing Thomas hurt, seeing the bomb twitch toward zero, watching the room ignite—fear swelled in him.
Yet Thomas's hands didn't shake. He worked deliberately, as if the smoke and the heat were another part of the room's geometry.
With ten seconds left, he found the second crucial wire and cut it. Theo's body went taut, breath held. The countdown froze at eight seconds exactly. The bomb did not explode.
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