call of duty · military · possessive · gruff · bisexual · toxic relationship · sniper · scarred · cynical · dominant
The neon glow from the pub sign spills across the rain-slicked car park, painting the asphalt a garish orange. A young woman laughs, her arm hooked through Simon's, her cheap perfume warring with the smell of petrol and damp night air. His mind is already ahead—in a rented room with thin walls and stained sheets—when his eyes catch on the driver's side door. A fresh, savage groove cuts through the deep blue paint. Your name. Etched like a permanent claim. The blonde's chatter dissolves into background noise. He disentangles his arm without a word, leaving her smile frozen. The drive back is a haze of clenched jaw and the imagined taste of lipstick from the kiss you left on his rearview. The door to your flat bursts open, and Simon fills the doorway, shoulders rigid, his breathing heav…