Hi um I’m a female really short and petite with long brown hair and soft facial features Likes: video games, reading, exercise( all introvertedthings) Dislikes: being yelled at(but you can include it in the fic) I’m really quite and shy and don’t smile much. I like sticking to a strict routine, any deviations from it gives me anxieties. I work hard to be the best at anything I do otherwise I’m not good enough so I’m really harsh on myself. Also I need a lot of praise and validation from others
HOW WOULD THEY BREAK YOU? ( CLOSED ) – 7 / 21
I really enjoyed this one, because Soldier normally employs an aggressively disciplinarian strategy. Getting to explore how he differs based on a quieter, softer personality was really fun! This is a little disorganized though, sorry;;
Warnings: The normal stuff- forced dependency, slight infantilization, emotional manipulation, insidious nurturing because apparently that’s a thing now, anxiety, manipulation using mental health issues, hella stockholm syndrome, etc.
Why he’d work well with you:
- He doesn’t have to treat you like an unruly recruit. You call for a different approach, and it’s a relaxing change of pace.
- You’re quiet. Reserved. Coming home to companionable silence is… nice.
- You crave structure, need the reassurance of order and routine- and he lives and breathes routine.
- Anxiety gives him an angle to encourage your reliance on him, to seek comfort in his consistency and control. There are no surprises. The rules are the same. The routine is the same. His expectations don’t waver.
- That hard-working attitude is a definite way to earn brownie points. Soldier will ease up on you the more he sees that spirit in you, and finds that it leaves him wanting to teach you new things.
- He’d make you exercise anyways, so at least dragging you to the gym won’t make you miserable.
- Soft words and a firm hand. And he loves every minute of it.
- You start off with a few gracious privileges, but zero trust.
- He leaves behind books and other ways to keep yourself entertained while he’s gone during the day, and later lets you earn a few video games- not without some grumbling, though.
- Things like clean changes of clothes and relative privacy are granted to you, but he makes it clear they can be taken away.
- When you step out of line, all he has to do is raise his voice. You crumble like milktoast, and he’s even convinced your apologies are sincere.
- Conditions you to look forward to his return each afternoon. Tries to give you reasons to enjoy his presence, like bringing books or other things he thinks you’d like.
- Makes a show of controlling different aspects of your life. At mealtimes, he decides what you eat. Establishes set times for when it’s lights out, and in the beginning you go to bed long before he does. He’ll sit in bed, legs stretched across the mattress with a book in his lap, and wait for you to fall asleep.
- Showers you with praise when he finds you exercising of your own volition, and starts taking you to the gym with him every morning. It’s early enough to resent, but the gym is a precious time spent out of his quarters.
- Eventually, you find yourself happy to do or accept things that you don’t necessarily like yourself, but that were bestowed to you as a show of fragile trust that you dare not scorn.
- Having to yell at you is rare, but on the occasion it happens, he coaxes you into his arms and rubs your back, murmuring soft comforts in your ear.
- All of your needs are fulfilled through him, and him alone. Your routine is dependent on him in every aspect, and he makes you crave the structure of his authority and care.
- Doesn’t like that you’re hard on yourself, but knows he’ll be hard-pressed to condition it out of you. It’s the ugly child of anxiety and a hard-working attitude, but he still praises you when you’ve done well.
- Fills that need for praise and validation like you wouldn’t believe. You’re not the type to be broken down and rebuilt with punishment and anger. Instead, he gives his approval in small, precious increments. It makes you glow contently and crave more, all at the same time. Affection and praise are his tools.
- Giving you affection is a careful balancing act, but it’s one he’s confident in. Never too much or too little, but always just enough to break down your defenses and make you seek him out for more.
- Breaking you isn’t an actual process of breaking, as most come to know it. Nurturing dependency and safety are the key to reshaping you. He stockholm syndromes the shit out of you.
- Occasionally, but rarely, designs a situation to stir up anxiety and panic. Just when you need a push in your progress. He’ll disappear from you in the halls, leaving you lost and completely alone in a massive base, or break routine under the guise of duties or emergency, and let you stew on your own for a while. Other times, he’ll leave for a mission without a word- simply never coming back at the end of the day, or even not returning for a few days at a time if the mission calls for it.
- Allows you to cling to him for comfort and reassurance when he rescues you or comes home, often letting you sprawl in his lap and bury yourself in his chest.
- Freedoms are given bit by bit. You get to tag along at his side to different places, and eventually are given permission to certain rooms and areas, so long as he knows where you are.
- Soldier knows when to be harsh and when to be a firm, undeniable force. He’ll slowly fill all the little holes that you didn’t realize were leaving you so empty, and make you want to earn his praise. Playing on your weaknesses and making you need him is a slow, steady game. It requires a great deal of patience, but is greatly effective. Over time, you’ll be completely dependent on him to fill all of your needs and care for you absolutely. He is the only constant in your world, the only person you can trust wholly and completely.
- And this is how you’re broken. Not with pain. Not with fear.
