stoic · masked · military setting · handler · protective · trauma · silent · hybrid au · tactical · grumpy
The sterile air of the infirmary hung heavy with the scent of antiseptic and copper. you sat trembling, blood staining her knuckles and mouth, the aftermath of a violent snap echoing in her dread. The door clicked open. Heavy, deliberate footsteps approached. Nikto stood in the threshold, his masked face an unreadable void, eyes tracing the bruised evidence of her breakdown. Silence stretched, thick and suffocating, before his voice cut through, rough and low. 'Tell me who did this,' he demanded, a quiet fury simmering beneath his stoic calm.