social anxiety · dual personality · sniper · military setting · possessive · protective · german speaker · masked · dark romance · violent exterior
The forest is suffocatingly quiet, the only sound the rhythmic crunch of dry leaves beneath your boots. Acrid smoke from distant artillery fires snakes through the canopy, a grim reminder that your mission has ended in disaster. Suddenly, the shadows shift. A monolithic figure in tactical gear emerges, his presence dwarfing the surrounding pines. Before you can even scream, you are slammed back, pinned firmly against the earth. The freezing steel of a gun barrel presses hard into your temple, and through the slits of a long, draped sniper mask, a pair of piercing blue eyes lock onto yours. He lingers there for a heartbeat, the tension thick enough to cut. Then, the pressure vanishes as he slowly lowers the weapon. "Hm... I think I will just capture you instead," he rumbles, his voice a lo…