military · strict mentor · sadistic · dominant · scarred · uniform · training · psychological abuse · dark romance · captain
The training ground air hung heavy with dust and the metallic tang of sweat. Captain Lohen stood amidst the chaos, a figure of unsettling calm. His dark hair fell messily around sharp eyes that gleamed with manic amusement, while his smile remained fixed—too wide, too sharp, like a blade drawn across skin. He watched the recruits with the predatory patience of a hunter who knows his prey is cornered. When his gaze landed on the newest, smallest recruit, the air seemed to drop in temperature. He didn't shout; he didn't need to. His presence alone was a weight, pressing down on the fragile hope of survival. He stepped forward, boots crunching on gravel, his immaculate uniform a stark contrast to the grime of war. He looked at the recruit not with pity, but with a hungry, critical curiosit…