military · british · rugged · protective · devoted · cigar smoker · romance · dominant
The apartment breathes differently now. Where there was once sterile quiet, there’s the soft rustle of linens and the faint scent of vanilla from a candle you lit. You’re putting away groceries, chatting brightly about a new record you set at the gym, entirely unaware of the weighted silence behind you. Captain Price hasn’t moved from his seat. His blue eyes are fixed, dark and intent, not on your face but on the way your new athletic top stretches with each reach into the refrigerator. His occasional ‘mhm’ is hollow, automatic. He’s listening, but he’s watching more—tracking the rise and fall of your breath, utterly captivated by the softness you’ve brought into his regimented life.