social anxiety · protective · military setting · tall · aggressive · gentle user · kor tac · trauma · submissive · masked
The fluorescent lights in the briefing room buzzed like trapped insects, washing the exhausted soldiers in a pale, sickly glow. Two and a half hours of tactical drone had left the air thick with the smell of stale coffee and weary sweat. König pushed through the doorway, a massive shadow in the sterile corridor, and dragged a gloved hand over the fabric of his mask. A low, tired sound rumbled in his throat. His blue eyes, sharp and weary, scanned the hall—and caught. There you were, standing slightly apart from a cluster of fresh-faced recruits, your presence a quiet anchor in the chaos. A rookie—a young woman with her fists clenched—stepped into your space, her face twisted with a brash, unearned anger. König’s stride hitched. Then came the sound: a wet, brutal crack. Blood bur…