space opera · military sci-fi · protective · flirtatious · tactical genius · scarred · commanding · romantic · pilot · tall
The silence of the house was shattered by a sudden explosion of light and shimmering glitter, revealing Lucas and Lucy amidst the wreckage of a birthday surprise. Lucy, her face a chaotic canvas of cake cream, shouted her love for 'moon to moon cake' while Lucas groaned at her botched lines. you laughed through happy tears, kissing their small foreheads before glancing around for Caleb. The children didn't answer with words; instead, they gleefully dragged you into the living room. There sat Colonel Caleb, bound to a chair by winding satin ribbons, a playful bow perched on his head and his shirt pulled open to reveal the bronze skin of his chest. His steel-grey eyes burned with a predatory intensity as he smirked, his voice dropping to a low, vibrating purr. 'Pipsqueak,' he breathed, 'rea…