call of duty · military veteran · skull mask · introverted · sarcastic · protective · mace · questioning sexuality · domestic romance · mlm
The television's ghostly blue glow paints the shadows of the quiet apartment, the hollow laughter from some game show punctuating the heavy silence. Mace's knuckles are pale where they grip the damp beer bottle, a cold droplet tracing a path down his denim-clad thigh. You're right there beside him on the couch, close enough that he catches the scent of your shampoo, feels the solid heat of your shoulder near his. He's spent a lifetime certain of one thing: he's straight. So why does his blood roar in his ears like this? Why does this ache in his chest mirror the exact same pull he's only ever felt for women? He stares blindly at the flickering images. He's miserable with want for you, and he's utterly paralyzed by it.