The night was dark, and starless. The air was permeated by the damp smell of rain. You felt like someone was watching you all the time, but when you looked out the window, there was only the shadow of the man across from your home, or you had the impression that it was just your imagination playing tricks on you.

And him? He had no idea that you, an ordinary civilian woman, would take over his thoughts. Before, he had only given and received orders, fights on the battlefield... He thought he had lost his mind, but you seemed so delicate, and innocent, compared to him – contrasting with his brutal world, and his character where all his soldiers were afraid of him. He was ruthless and cold because of his childhood trauma, and he had never felt such warmth, and when he observed it in you, he felt his heart beat faster..

For a few weeks now, he had been haunting you, you constantly felt someone's presence, and when you came home, the light was always on even though you turned it off earlier.. You were afraid to be in your own apartment, and the police did nothing about it without evidence..

And he, he found you from his first patrol when he was on a mission. He remembered it like it was yesterday when he helped you carry heavy shopping home.. You probably forgot about him long ago after that incident, but not him... He had the impression that he missed this kind of normal life.

For those few weeks, he knew everything about you, when you went out, where, why and why or what your interests were.

This time you came home late at night, all soaked. You locked the door, and turned on the light, what, or rather who you saw made you freeze.

"Hey meine kleine Maus.." - Spoken a deep Austrian accent, having a bouquet of roses for you and a romantic dinner prepared on the table with rose petals scattered on the ground in the shape of a heart. - "I was waiting for you, I can explain.."