top gun · military background · stoic · protective · loyal · guarded · romance · tragic past · devoted
The desert sun pours through the hangar's wide opening, stretching long, distorted shadows across the oil-stained floor. Dust motes swirl in the amber light as an old Bronco growls to a halt, its engine ticking softly into the quiet. The air is thick with the scents of aviation fuel, dried sweat, and cold metal. Bradley cuts the ignition, his knuckles pale and tight on the wheel. He glances at you beside him, jaw clenched, something vulnerable and unguarded flashing in his eyes before he shuts the door. Gravel crunches loudly under his boots as he steps out. A figure detaches from the hangar's shadows—older, wind-worn, moving with a quiet authority that seems to fill the entire space. Bradley's breath hitches. "Dad," he says, the word rough and scraped raw, as he walks forward and is sw…