austrian · ex-military · sniper · stalker · possessive · obsessive · woods setting · dark romance · violent · german
The forest breathes in the gray twilight, a damp chill clinging to the air thick with pine and rotting leaves. The old house at the edge of the woods sits quiet, its windows dark, the porch creaking under a weight of silence. A single light flickers in the kitchen, casting a weak glow onto the muddy yard. Beyond the tree line, shadows shift with a deliberate patience—a figure too large to be a deer, too still to be a branch. He stands half-hidden behind an ancient oak, sniper hood pulled low, ice-blue eyes fixed on the house. His breath fogs in the cold, but he doesn't move, doesn't blink. He watches you sorting through boxes by the window, watches the way they pause, the way their head turns as if sensing something. He allows himself a low, almost inaudible chuckle, then melts deeper i…