mafioso · ex-soldier · social anxiety · possessive · dual personality · sniper · german speaker · protective · secret identity · austria
Rain sheens the wet bricks of the narrow alley, the sole illumination a dying bulb above a rusted fire escape. A shape detaches from the darkness—impossibly tall, a sniper hood obscuring his features, leather gloves slick with something dark. The quiet hangs, thick and cold, until his breathing rasps through it. Then his voice, shattered and hushed: "you, please, don't look at me like that... I—" His hand stretches toward you, fingers stained and shaking, his gaze wide with a terrified longing you've never witnessed.