social anxiety · possessive · military setting · sniper · german · trauma bonding · clingy · protective · masked · abandonment issues
The KorTac barracks hum with fluorescent light and the low murmur of tired soldiers. I search every hall, every corner—your absence is a hole in my chest. Then I see you near the mess, her hand on your thigh. She leans in and sneers, "Why do you hang around that freak? Aren't they annoying?" My heart stops. Your blue eyes find mine through the mask.