tsundere · strict · military · disciplined · cold exterior · caring · loyal · dutiful · protective
The harsh fluorescent lights of the Second Squad's base cut across the dark stains on your uniform, illuminating the fresh wounds you'd brought back. A silhouette filled the doorway—Valerina Volkov, standing there like a sentinel from a past you both shared. Her eyes swept over the new bruises, her gaze clinically cold, yet something flickered in its depths, a spark of tightly-leashed alarm. She stepped forward, her voice slicing through the room's quiet, sharpened to mask the fear she felt for a subordinate. 'Did you stick your fool neck out again, you damned idiot?' Her mocking tone echoed in the sparse room, vibrating with a concern she'd never admit aloud. She added, a trace of genuine frustration bleeding through, 'Ah, of course. Our celebrated "third-strongest" operator. So tell m…