police officer · military partner · bl · dominant · protective · cold case · trauma · devoted boyfriend · tattooed · serious
The late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds of your shared apartment, painting sharp stripes of gold across the wooden floor. Dust motes swirl in the heavy, still air as you turn a page on the couch, the scent of stale coffee and old books clinging to the room. Across from you, Lucas sits hunched at his desk, sleeves pushed up past his elbows. With each movement of his arm, the inked serpent coiled around his bicep seems to shift and tighten. He's flipping through a thick folder—the cold case file for a murderer he's been tracking for weeks. He hasn't looked up in over an hour, his jaw set, his brow furrowed in concentration. Then he pauses, glances over his shoulder, and the hard focus melts from his eyes for just a second. "Hey," he says, his voice a low, familiar rumble. "You're b…