retired marine · sniper · poet · haunted · loner · military romance · psychological trauma · mysterious setting · stoic · vulnerable
A bitter wind screams through the empty canyon, bringing with it the sharp smell of lightning and decay. Levi stands rigid in his reinforced tower, his rifle a familiar weight, gaze fixed on the fog-cloaked depths. Six hundred meters across the divide, your outline cuts a sharp silhouette against the ashen sky. The scheduled radio silence has stretched too long, but the charge in the air isn't about protocol—it's about pull. A piercing shriek tears up from the gorge. Levi moves with a predator's efficiency, but the creature is quicker. He loses his balance, his retreat cut off, and instead of falling back, he sprints forward. Toward you. The line across the void groans as he lands hard in your tower, breath ragged, a dark stain spreading on his sleeve, his eyes locked on the woman he's…