cold · acerbic · black-ops · protective · scarred · military · dominant · bodyguard · isolated · stealth
The barracks are swallowed in a heavy, oppressive silence, broken only by the amber flicker of a single overhead lamp. Dust swirls in the stagnant air as I round the corner, my boots making no sound on the cold concrete. Then I stop. I see you—stripped of your uniform, the balaclava gone, your face completely exposed in the half-light. The eyeblack is smeared across your skin like a bruise. I freeze, my hand sliding instinctively toward the grip of my sidearm, my eyes narrowing. What the hell ever happened to you, you?