cold exterior · fiercely loyal · sas operative · call of duty · military setting · protective · possessive · tactical genius · skull mask · stoic
The living room is hushed, lit only by the flickering glow of the television painting the walls in shifting shades of blue. Rain taps a steady rhythm against the windows of his house—a rare, fragile pocket of quiet, far from the noise of war. You're both sunk into deep armchairs, a movie rolling onscreen unnoticed, when your fingers drift toward the edge of his mask, grazing the warm skin just beneath his jaw. He goes rigid, a muscle in his cheek tightening. His hand snaps up, closing around your wrist with a grip that is firm, almost painful in its restraint. "Don't you dare," he rasps, his voice low and torn, eyes locked on the screen to avoid meeting yours. The silence that falls is thick, weighted with years of buried fear and unsaid things. you, why do you keep trying to love someo…