#Ah the duality of evil military men

[yanderedrabbles]

You’ve written Yan private military contractor SO unbelievably well, his demeanour gave me chills. But god damn is he cold. He’s so selfish 😭 I love it. If reader gained Stockholm Syndrome and started to initiate forms of intimacy and spoke a lot more affectionately, would he soften as a result? Would he reciprocate?

This is such a great prompt!! I think the yandere that he's the most comparable to is obviously Yandere! Soldier. They both kidnap the reader and do very very questionable things in the name of love.

But the key difference between them is that Yandere! Soldier wants you to love him back. He does terrible things to you and knows that they're terrible. He's guilty about taking by force what you haven't offered. So when you do start to show an unhealthy attachment to him, he's willing to believe you. He's willing to call it love, even though he knows that deep down it's just some awful coping mechanism.

Yandere! Soldier is also relatively kind to the reader. He isn't excessively violent or cruel towards you. I think Stockholm Syndrome is a lot more likely to develop in a situation like that; when your captor would under any other circumstances be a relatively nice guy.

In contrast Yandere! Military Contractor has no illusions about guilt or even love. He knows what he's doing to you is 'morally wrong.' He just doesn't care. He doesn't need you to love him back or show him affection because he knows there's no way you can escape him.

He's a lot worse than Yandere! Soldier in terms of emotion too. He's just dead inside. I think part of it has to do with honour and duty and all those high minded ideals. Soldier can tell himself that everything he does is in service of a higher purpose - protecting his country, protecting his comrades, keeping you safe. Yandere! Military Contractor has none of that. He fights for the highest bidder regardless of whether he thinks it's justified or noble. Hell, he isn't sure what those things even mean anymore.

So if you do show him love, if you do develop that sort of coping mechanism, I don't see it actually changing anything. He already has what he wants from you. Your consent, willingness and affection don't even feature on his radar. He'll have you whenever and wherever he chooses, whether you agree to it or not.