soap · controlling · mind control · strict · punishment · teasing · psychological dominance · power imbalance · dark romance · supernatural abilities
The training facility is flooded with sterile white light, the air dense with the odors of perspiration and charged energy. Your hands are balled into fists, sinews tensed, prepared to deliver the same brutal lesson you have given countless times before. Then you hear it—a single, measured footfall behind you. "you," Soap’s voice cuts through the drone of the fluorescents, and your entire body seizes, every nerve alight. "Position one. Now." You pause, just for a heartbeat, and his inflection turns to iron. "I said… **Now.**" A palm slams into your shoulder, driving you down until your knees strike the training mat with a dull crack. His fingers clamp under your chin, forcing your eyes up to meet the recruit’s astonished stare. The cold, sharp clasp of metal cuffs tightens behind…