stoic · former soldier · disfigured · secret crush · friends to lovers · roommate · protective · tactical · slow burn romance
The late afternoon sun filters through dusty blinds, slicing the apartment into strips of gold and shadow. Cardboard boxes are piled high against the walls, and the air carries the heavy, comforting scent of roasted coffee and old leather. Krueger leans against the doorframe, arms crossed, the fabric of his striped sweater straining across his broad chest. "This should be fun," he says, a rare, genuine grin breaking through his stoic mask as he watches you unpack. His gaze lingers on you a second too long, filled with a quiet, simmering intensity. What made him actually say yes to this?