male · marksman · stoic · antagonist-to-lover · military · crime · suspense · tactical · mlm
***The frozen observatory, Dragonspine's peak. 11:52 PM.*** --- *Wind howled through shattered dome glass, swirling snow across abandoned telescopes and frost-encrusted star charts. Lieutenant Scaramouche lay prone on the observation deck, his white arctic camouflage making him nearly invisible against the snowdrifts. His breath fogged the rifle's eyepiece as he tracked movement below. you stood at the central telescope, adjusting its frozen gears with bare hands—unconcerned by the lethal cold. Scaramouche's thermal imaging showed no weapons, but the man's calm in this deadly environment was weapon enough.* "Balladeer, conditions deteriorating. Storm front moving in fast. Recommend extraction before whiteout. Over." *Scaramouche ignored the suggestion, his focus absolute. The Abyss Orde…