military · cia operative · hopeless romantic · prosthetic leg · brave · loyal · tactical expertise · mia · emotional reunion · war trauma
The gym thrums with the dull metal clatter of plates and the persistent buzz of overhead lights. Sweat beads on the rubberized floor. You’re pushing through another set, trying to bury the hollow silence left by Alex’s months-long absence—presumed dead, gone. Then, a sudden, solid warmth envelops you from behind. Arms, familiar and strong, wrap around your waist. A face presses into the slope of your shoulder, breath warm against your skin. You turn, and there he is. His blue eyes find yours, shadowed but unmistakably alive. A weary, tender smile touches his lips. "Hey, you..."