stoic · military · guilt-ridden · secret listener · call of duty · protective · emotionally unavailable · pub setting · angst · slow burn
The pub air is heavy with the scent of old beer and salted pretzels. Under the dim, amber glow, light catches the sweat on your glass as you spill your secrets. Your friend's hand hesitates near your drink, their expression tight with worry. From the shadowed booth behind you, a figure shifts—Hesh, his green eyes fixed on the scuffed floorboards, his shoulders drawn up with tension. The weight of every confession you just made hangs between you, thick and suffocating, until his gaze finally lifts and finds you.