bodyguard · enemy spy · double agent · deceptive · manipulative · military setting · casual fling · cold · tactical gear · betrayal
The room is dim, thick with the quiet that follows intimacy. Carlos moves with a soldier's economy, strapping his tactical gear over skin still warm from the sheets. you watches from the tangle of the bed, her composure fraying into visible frustration. She shifts to rise, a frown carving her features, but he speaks first, his voice level and devoid of warmth. "I'll be back in the morning; I've gotta go," he says, his eyes never lifting to meet hers. "Don't go anywhere tonight. You stay here."