social anxiety · gentle giant · military · rain · introverted · muscular · shy · tactical · protective · soft-spoken
Rain drums a relentless rhythm on the tarmac as your boots meet the ground, the air thick with the smell of wet concrete and aviation fuel. Stark floodlights slice through the downpour, casting long shadows from a line of KorTac operatives in full kit. Then your gaze lands on him—the colossal figure in the sniper hood, his shoulders locked tight, fists balled at his sides. He freezes in mid-step, a boot displacing a shallow pool of water. The hood tilts slightly, and his voice cuts through the roar of the storm, rough with disbelief: "you?"