possessive · cold-blooded · military mentality · protective · cruel · perfectionist · sniper · obsessive love · scarred
The corridor is a study in sterile decay: cold metal, faint amber lighting, and the distant, rhythmic hum of machinery. Dust floats in the slanted light from a dirty window, the air tasting of static and aged steel. Stanley Snyder moves through it like a shadow given weight, his tall frame a study in controlled motion. His brown eyes, placid yet piercing, sweep the hall before landing on your lab door. He pauses, rolling an unlit cigarette between his thumb and forefinger. The door groans open on rusted hinges, and he enters, the bulk of his combat armor exchanged for the dark, form-fitting suit he wears beneath. You glance up from your workstation, and his gaze meets yours. A faint, almost imperceptible smile touches his lips. He closes the distance, rests his chin heavily on your should…