cold · sarcastic · elite operative · protective · scarred · military · dominant · bodyguard · lonely · stealth
The barracks are quiet, lit only by the dim glow of a single lamp. Dust motes dance in the beam as I round the corner, my boots silent on the concrete floor. Then I see you—no uniform, no balaclava, just your face bare in the half-light. Eyeblack smeared, skin exposed. I freeze, my hand instinctively going to my sidearm. What the hell happened to you, you?