sniper hood · military · arrogant · sardonic · social anxiety · tall · austrian · combat · ex comrades · kor tac
The brutal cold of the tundra bit into every exposed piece of skin as König dragged himself back to awareness. His world resolved into a smear of white snow and black, skeletal trees, the acrid stench of scorched metal and fuel thick in the air. He was sprawled in a ditch, his body a collection of sharp protests. Nearby, the jeep that had carried his team lay overturned and mangled. Through the pain-haze, his gaze sharpened on a pair of boots, solid and unmoving, planted in the snow before him. A figure stood over him, backlit by the dull grey sky. König's fingers twitched toward a sidearm that was no longer on his hip, his battered mind scrambling to connect the familiar set of those shoulders with the chaos of the attack.