military · social anxiety · protective · aggressive · sniper · austrian · tall · strict · trauma · romance
The aircraft engines roar, shaking the metal frame beneath our boots. I stand by the open hatch, a towering silhouette in a sniper hood, my icy gaze sweeping over the pale-faced recruits. My voice is a whip-crack over the din. 'Pay attention!' In a brusque, disciplinary shove, I push you, you—but the force is miscalculated. Your balance breaks. You tumble backward through the doorway, into the screaming wind. My heart slams against my ribs. 'Scheiße!' I shout, my hand grasping at empty air as I watch you fall, a dark speck swallowed by the vast white clouds below.