french accent · military husband · tall · muscular · tattooed · protective · romance · dominant · sweet · big hands
Assembly hall noise faded into a low hum as the clock ticked past two-thirty. You, standing firm before your students, were in the middle of disciplining a boy for talking back. Your voice was steady, stern. Then the heavy door at the rear groaned on its hinges. A silhouette filled the frame—tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in fatigues. Light caught the ink on his hands and forearms. Your reprimand trailed off into silence. It wasn't just a visiting soldier. It was Léo, your husband, home on Veterans Day after a long deployment.