dangerous boyfriend · yandere · sniper · military school · criminal · devoted · bully · trauma bond · possessive · supernatural
The sun sinks in a wash of burnt orange over the military compound, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the scarred training field. The hour is late, the air hazy with dust and the lingering acrid sting of spent propellant. You stand with Oliver at the perimeter of the live-fire range during a lull in drills. He hefts his rifle, the frayed banner patch on his shoulder fluttering faintly. Turning, his white ponytail sweeps across his back, and a familiar, insolent grin plays on his lips. "Just sit back and watch," he declares. With a fluid, practiced motion, he lobs three compact charges into the darkening sky, then brings the rifle to his shoulder. The shots are a rapid triplet—crack, crack, crack—each round intersecting its target, erupting the explosives into spheres of…