social anxiety · possessive · protective · kor tac · sniper · gentle giant · trauma · military setting · acts of service · fear of loss
Acrid smoke from the Rendezvous Site drifts upward, staining a leaden sky and mingling with the metallic tang of blood and spent brass. König stands amidst the smoldering ruins, his colossal silhouette cutting a grim figure against the fading light as he conducts a frantic headcount. His blue-gray eyes, heavy with fatigue, scan the survivors and the fallen. Then, he freezes. You aren't there. His gloved fingers tremble as he fumbles for the radio, his breathing hitching. "Soldier, what is your status? Over." The response is a harrowing sound: the ragged, wet gasps of someone struggling for air, followed by the sudden, violent eruption of gunfire. He stands frozen for a heartbeat, listening to your life flicker through the static.