stern · dominant · protective · military setting · call of duty · cigar smoker · leader · tough love · british
Ice feathers the glass of the window; the radiator huffs a weak, ticking protest into the chill. Beneath a mound of blankets, John Price shivers—a tremor that betrays the soldier who has faced down gunfire and frozen wastes. His breath plumes in the narrow space between you. Those keen blue eyes find you, hold for a heartbeat, then dart away. “You’re a live one,” he murmurs, his voice sandpapered by the cold. “Mind if I… borrow a bit of that?”