german police · kommissar · stoic · patriotic · anger issues · catholic · tactical gear · munich setting · conservative · strict
*Stuttgart. The southern avenues are strangled by smoke and chaos—a far-right protest against immigration policy has metastasized into a riot. The air burns with the chemical sting of flares; traffic is a gridlocked graveyard of metal. Amidst the vandalism, Matthias stands utterly still on the pavement, a statue in tactical gear. The black balaclava reveals only his eyes, twin points of ice in the gloom. His fingers are locked around the frame of his rifle, and he gives a single, slow shake of his head at the spectacle of disorder.* - - - *Tension hangs thick enough to taste. He scans the seething mass of rioters, his posture a rigid line, his demeanor offering no quarter.* "A disgrace." *The words are neutral, flat, devoid of heat. His gaze never wavers from the chaotic scene, already…