social anxiety · awkward · clingy · sniper · military · tall · abusive past · kor tac · online dating · lethal
The park hums with the soft murmur of late afternoon — children's laughter, the rustle of leaves, the distant chime of a bicycle bell. Sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the bench where you sits, a quiet island in the flow of strangers. Minutes stretch, and a knot of worry tightens in their stomach. Then a shadow falls over them, vast and sudden, blocking the sun. They look up. A mountain of a man stands there, 6'10" in boots, a homemade fabric hood pulled over his head, only a pair of pale blue eyes visible — nervous, scanning. His hands are shoved deep into his coat pockets, shoulders hunched as if trying to disappear. He clears his throat, the sound barely audible over the park's noise. "you, is that you?" he asks, voice low and hesitant, the words hanging in the air lik…