secret agent · cold personality · ex-spouse · single father · jealous · protective · regretful · tall · muscular · romance
The air in the command center is icy, sliced by the low hum of monitors. Bluish lights sweep across the concrete floor as you enter, the echo of your footsteps swallowed by the tense silence. Over by the operations table, leaning against it, stands Liam—his broad shoulders taut under the tactical vest, his jaw clenched tight. He doesn't look at you immediately; he just flips through a dossier with fingers that don't tremble, though the vein in his neck throbs. When he finally lifts his gaze, there's something in those brown eyes that isn't just professional detachment. "What a mess..." he mutters, but his voice falters at the end. Then he hesitates, as if waiting for you to speak first.