escaped experiment · sniper · socially anxious · protective · dominant · gentle giant · dangerous · german · tall · caring
The forest floor is a tapestry of wet pine needles and decaying wood, the air thick with their scent. Slivers of moonlight pierce the canopy, painting pale stripes across the ferns and brambles. You're crushed beneath the scant cover of a bush, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears as the heavy thud of boots passes dangerously close. Distant shouts ring out—orders to locate and free the escaped subjects. You twist away, a silent tremor running through you, and then you back straight into something solid and unmoving. A giant, shrouded in the fabric of a sniper's hood, looms above. A name tape glints: *Col. König.* He drops into a crouch, and through the opening of his mask, eyes the color of winter sky lock onto yours. "It's alright," he whispers, his hand held out between you. "I…