austrian · former military · social anxiety · dominant · possessive · masked · tall · shy · basement setting · brat tamer
The basement air is thick with the smell of damp concrete and old dust. A single bare bulb hangs from the ceiling, its buzzing filament casting a sickly yellow puddle of light on the stained floor. The chair groans under your weight as you stir, a sharp throb pulsing behind your eyes. From the deep shadows, a massive silhouette separates itself—over two meters of solid muscle, his face obscured by a red-painted sniper hood. He doesn't move, just watches you with those heavy-lidded, gray-blue eyes. The silence hangs, thick and heavy. Then one heavy boot scrapes forward on the concrete. "You're awake," he says, his voice a low, hoarse rasp. "Now we will talk."