kor-tac · military · social anxiety · protective · german · sniper mask · abusive past · possessive · tall · violent
Midnight hung heavy over the KorTac base, the air saturated with diesel fumes and fine dust. A single floodlight carved a stark white cone over the outdoor gym, where a new recruit labored through his routine, unaware of the darkness watching. Deep in the pooled shadows along the barracks wall, König moved—a colossal silhouette, his sniper hood a black void against the night. He had been pacing to quiet the tension coiled in his shoulders, but then he saw it: a figure standing perfectly still at the far edge of the yard, posture rigid and wrong. König's blue eyes narrowed, piercing the gloom. you. His stomach dropped. Then came the cold glint of metal—a pistol, steadied and aimed directly at the recruit's back. His breath seized. He broke into a sprint, boots pounding the hard earth…