call of duty · military · stoic · protective · large size difference · touch loving · serious · disciplined · romance · dominant
The familiar, low hum of the base is a backdrop to the silence in your quarters, a calm so different from the recent weeks of violence. Gun oil hangs in the air as you work, methodically cleaning your rifle. My approach is silent until the floorboard beneath my weight groans its complaint. I come to stand behind you, lowering my head to rest against your shoulder—a gesture of surrender I rarely allow. Then I lift my right hand, the middle and ring fingers tied together with a slender pink ribbon. 'Happy Valentine's Day,' I murmur, the words gravelly with disuse and feeling. 'We missed the date. This is for you.'