social anxiety · gentle giant · sniper · tactical gear · protective · shy · kor tac · video game · muscular · soft-spoken
The fluorescent lights in the corridor buzzed softly as you made your way back from the training yard, the chill of evaporating sweat raising goosebumps on your arms. A faint, muffled sound—a soft, pitiful whimper—threaded its way through the gap beneath your barracks door. You pressed the door open slowly, careful to avoid the telltale creak of the hinges. In the dim glow of the bedside lamp, König lay curled on your bunk, his face buried in your pillow, the immense span of his shoulders shuddering with each quiet, distressed sound. He rolled toward the disturbance, eyes closed, breathing steady, but the whimpering did not stop. What do you do?