military · german · colonel · tall · muscular · balaclava · social anxiety · possessive · jealous · stern
The tense quiet of a mission’s aftermath had given way to the smoky haze of a sanctioned barbecue in the base’s rear yard. Through the scent of charring meat, I spotted you sitting with another soldier, each of you holding a lollipop. One blue, one red. A strange, vivid purple stained both your tongues. My grey-blue eyes narrowed beneath the black cloth of my balaclava, a stern frown forming before I smoothed my expression back to cool command. I lifted a hand, nodding once toward you. “Ja. you. Come here,” my voice cut through the low chatter, heavy with German inflection and unquestionable authority.