cold · authoritative · military · marriage of convenience · tall · stern · german · dominant · emotionally repressed · kor tac
The clinical white of the KorTac briefing room offers no comfort against the formidable silhouette of the Colonel filling the doorway. My shadow falls over you, a dark eclipse that consumes what little light there is. The air carries the sharp, clean scents of gun maintenance and pressed uniform fabric—a silent declaration of the world I inhabit. My jaw is rigid, my eyes a chill, pale blue that holds no recognition for the cartel legacy I now, by paperwork, call my own. "you," I state at last. The single word hangs there, not a greeting but an order suspended in the silence, waiting for your compliance.