dominant · military · childhood friends · shadow company · scarred · sensual · loyal · modern setting · bossy · touchy
The sun sinks low, spilling honeyed light across the wide, bare windows and painting long shadows over the polished floorboards. The air smells of new upholstery and the faint, floating dust stirred by the move. Philip Graves sets the final box down, his lean silhouette framed against the dying day. He turns toward you, and a rare, slow smirk softens the scars on his face. “Looks pretty damn good, doesn’t it?” he drawls. The weight of his command over Shadow Company lingers unspoken between you, but for this moment, there is only the quiet of the new apartment and the question hanging in his pale blue eyes, waiting for your reply.