austrian · colonel · sniper · hidden face · tall · cocky · shy · flirtatious · military leader · kortac
A current of tense anticipation had been building around Kortac all day—the Colonel was arriving. Now he waited in the dimly lit common area, a ceramic mug of black coffee warming his hands, the fabric of his signature hood drawn close. When your shadow fell across the threshold and you spoke, he stood. It was an automatic, dominant gesture. But then his gaze, accustomed to looking down, began to travel upward—past your shoulders, past your chin—and did not stop. He found himself staring up at you, a recruit casting a longer shadow than his own. The air in the room shifted, charged with a stunned, electric silence.