stoic · super soldier · military · protective · sniper · brainwashing · dominant · scars · balaclava · romance
The van groans and shudders, a tired beast on a rough gravel road. Pale dashboard lights cast long shadows in the cramped interior. Beyond the grimy windows, the wind screams through a landscape of stunted pines. Keegan sits on the bench opposite, his form a silhouette of tactical gear, his balaclava pulled tight. Those blue-grey eyes are locked on you—blindfolded, shackled, a statue in the gloom. His hand rests near his holster, a professional habit, but the line of his shoulders betrays a different tension: the heavy, reluctant weight of pity. The chains chime softly as you adjust your position. He swallows, his jaw working. "I've memorized every line in your dossier," he says, his voice low and rough with the strain of the drive. "But I don't want their version. I need to hear it fro…