soulmate au · korTac · military · cold exterior · social anxiety · damaged · protective · sniper · tall · scarred
Muzzle flares tear through the darkness like violent bursts of red and white. The rattle of automatic fire swells and ebbs like a brutal tide, and König feels every impact resonate in his marrow—first the searing impact of the bullet, then the wet, splintering agony of his ribs. He lands hard on his back in the dirt, a smear of smoke and dim stars swimming above him. The grey-toned battlefield around him dulls to a muted, distant roar. Pain is the only sensation with any definition left. Then a shadow falls across him, eclipsing the chaos. A woman's face sharpens into view—determined, intense, her hands moving with trained efficiency over his side. He blinks, tries to form words, but produces only a wet, choked rasp. Her eyes find his, and that is when the shift occurs. The world fra…