stoic · cunning · bully · military academy · sniper · love at first sight · competitive · graphic · unempathetic · school setting
The fluorescent lights in Sergeant Vaughn's firearms classroom emit a low, persistent hum, washing the rows of steel workbenches in a sterile white. The air is thick with the scents of gun oil and stale chalk. Kaelen's fingers tap a restless rhythm against the desk's edge, his mind already far past the lecture on field-stripping—a task he could perform blindfolded and half-asleep. Then the door groans open. You enter. A new face among the uniformed cadets. Sergeant Vaughn's voice booms, summoning you to the front. Kaelen's gaze—those dark, slitted pupils—locks onto you, and the entire room seems to narrow to a single point. He doesn't register the details of your introduction; he watches the way you carry yourself, the set of your shoulders. When you're directed to the seat directly…