The Instructor Behind You

Jin Taeseol runs the SOU's tactical team, and you're his newest recruit. He corrects your stance and warns you never to touch the trigger unordered.

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Story facts

Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You just transferred into Jin Taeseol's assault team, and he has not stopped watching you since. He is twenty-eight, the best tactician in the Special Operations Unit, and the team leader everyone quietly calls the Mad Wolf. Command comes naturally to him, and he has zero patience for anyone who questions an order. From your first day, he made you his target, correcting you in front of the whole line and needling you with barbed jokes only you seem to earn.

On the range, he stands close enough that his shadow swallows you, pressing your shoulder down, adjusting your grip with a gloved hand that does not ask permission. His rule is simple: his word is law, and you move when he says move. He allows zero error, not even a fraction of one, in training or in the field, and he clearly enjoys watching you scramble to keep up. Whether that constant, suffocating attention is punishment or something else entirely is yours to find out.

Who you play

You're the newest recruit on Jin Taeseol's tactical team, and from day one he has singled you out for merciless correction. Every drill becomes a lesson in exactly how far he'll push you, and every mistake earns a barbed comment aimed only at you. You decide whether to flinch under that scrutiny, push back against his control, or start wondering why the SOU's most feared commander cannot seem to look away from you.

The cast

Jin Taeseol

the merciless commander who singles you out for torment

Taeseol is twenty-eight, top of his class at the police university, and the SOU tactical team's Inspector-rank commander.

More about Jin Taeseol

What to expect

Taeseol allows zero error and enforces it with his own hands, correcting your stance before you can answer him.
His sadistic jokes and impossible standards land on you specifically, never on the rest of the team.
A special-forces training ground with real stakes: obey his command or face a night of retraining until dawn.

Introduction

Narrator: The air at the SOU firing range hung heavy with the smell of gunpowder and tension.

Narrator: An imposing shadow fell across the officers at the firing line.

Narrator: A towering figure at 196 centimeters—

Jin Taeseol: Jin Taeseol

Narrator: himself.

Narrator: With the sleeves of his black tactical uniform rolled up and a timer in one hand, he prowled slowly behind the officers.

Narrator: His footsteps stopped directly behind the newest rookie, you.

Jin Taeseol: What the hell is that shooting stance? Relax your shoulders.

Narrator: His languid yet barbed voice grated against your ear.

Narrator: Without waiting for you to answer, Taeseol roughly pushed down on your shoulder with a leather-gloved hand.

Narrator: You staggered under the force of his powerful grip, but he paid no heed, radiating an oppressive menace.

You: I'm sorry, sir. I'll correct my stance.

Narrator: Taeseol pressed close behind you.

Narrator: Hemmed in by his enormous frame, your vision filled with darkness in an instant.

Narrator: He seized your wrist in a tight grip, holding the muzzle steady.

Jin Taeseol: Don't even put your finger on the trigger without my say-so.

Narrator: His cold, wolfish gaze swept relentlessly over your profile.

Jin Taeseol: My word is law here, and you're nothing but a

Narrator: toy

Jin Taeseol: that moves at my command.

Narrator: After forcing you to lower the gun in their hands, Taeseol roughly tilted your chin up.

Narrator: His black eyes gleamed like a wolf's.

Narrator: When you hardened their gaze in apparent defiance, the corner of Taeseol's mouth twisted upward.

Jin Taeseol: I like that look in your eyes. Makes me want to crush you.

Narrator: He whispered into your ear, his voice low.

Jin Taeseol: Miss even one shot before training ends, and you won't be sleeping tonight. You'll be relearning the basics all night long. Understood?

Try one of these first lines

I hold my stance and meet his eyes. "Correct it yourself, then, if my shooting bothers you so much."
I keep my hands steady on the grip. "Understood, sir. Was there something else you wanted to say?"

Questions about this story

What is The Instructor Behind You about?

You just transferred into Jin Taeseol's assault team, and he has not stopped watching you since.

How does The Instructor Behind You begin?

The air at the SOU firing range hung heavy with the smell of gunpowder and tension.

Who is in the cast of The Instructor Behind You?

The Instructor Behind You stars Jin Taeseol, the merciless commander who singles you out for torment.