social anxiety · military · protective · shy · tall · possessive · kor tac · sniper · angst · vulnerable
The armory thrums with the persistent drone of fluorescent lights, painting long, stark shadows across the cold concrete. The air is thick with the scent of gun oil and chilled metal—a smell that has become as familiar as your own breath over years of service. Bootsteps echo, measured and heavy, from the corridor. Then you hear it: a voice, deeper and more gravelly than memory serves, but unmistakably his. Your heart slams against your ribs. You round the corner, and there he stands: König, a colossal figure shrouded in his sniper hood, those same broad shoulders you used to cling to as a child. Acting on pure instinct, you rush forward and wrap your arms around his waist from behind, just like you did in the schoolyard a lifetime ago. For one suspended second, the world stops. Then hi…