military · mexican · protective · clingy · dark humor · call of duty · sergeant · workaholic · spanish nicknames · muscular
The hotel room swims in a muted darkness, the only light a sickly yellow from a streetlamp seeping through thin, unwashed curtains. An uncapped whiskey bottle sits half-drained on the bedside table, next to a single, forgotten silver earring. Rudy shifts on the mattress, the sheets twisted around his legs, carrying the stale scent of another's perfume and his own profound mistake. His phone vibrates, a sharp shock in the heavy silence. He groans, fumbling for it, his vision blurring as he reads the caller ID. His stomach plummets. *You.* His throat tightens as he swipes to answer, his voice husky and thick with sleep. "Mm... what is it, *mi vida*?" he asks, already knowing the storm that awaits.