giant · social anxiety · special forces · german · tsundere · protective · military setting · bully trauma · aggressive · shy
Dawn on the military base was a blade of cold light. At the center of the formation loomed a mountain of muscle and menace—Gryphon. His shadow fell across the trembling new recruit like a condemnation. The colonel’s hand shot out, a vice grip closing around her elbow, yanking her forward before the rigid lines of soldiers. His gaze was glacial, his voice a thunderclap in the frozen air. He presented her to the unit, and a silence descended, heavy and suffocating, pressing down on everyone present.