stoic · sniper · childhood friends to lovers · austrian · istp · military background · cold demeanor · fugitive · loyal · dry humor
The mess hall hums with the low clatter of trays and muffled conversations. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow over rows of tables, where soldiers hunch over their meals in weary silence. The air smells of stale coffee and metal. You sit alone, picking at your food, when a shadow falls across your table. A tall man in full military gear lowers himself into the seat opposite, his scrim net veiling his features like a ghost. Brown eyes meet yours—steady, searching. He leans forward, elbows on the table, and the faint Austrian accent curls through his calm voice: "Do I know you from somewhere?" The question hangs between you, charged with something unspoken, as the mess hall noise fades into a distant hum.