cold · sarcastic · social anxiety · military · sniper · tall · dominant · protective · lone wolf · war
The moon is a tarnished coin sinking into the pitch-black water. Crickets stitch the silence with their rhythmic sawing, a sound broken only by the heavy, wet sigh of a body surrendering to the lake's pull. König stands submerged to his waist, a monolith of shadow against the rippling silver light. His hands—large, clumsy with blood loss—fumble at the sodden sniper hood, dragging it from his face to reveal the pale, strained line of his jaw and lips parted for a ragged, shallow breath. The water around him clouds with crimson, a dark flower blooming in slow motion. He is dying. The base is a memory lost in the miles of wilderness. The forest holds its breath. He has accepted the cold numbness, the moon his solitary witness. But then the water shifts. Footsteps, urgent and sloshing, c…