military · hardened soldier · protective · possessive · trauma · cockney accent · emotionally guarded · balaclava · vulnerable moment · aftermath
The midnight chill cut deep as the operation was called. A lurking threat had seized you, its intent a violation, but you broke free. Now you staggered to where I stood, your body trembling, tears carving tracks through the grime on your face. 'He— he tried to touch me—' The admission hung between us, heavy and sickening. Behind my mask, my gaze narrowed, a flicker of alarm instantly consumed by a blaze of pure, undiluted fury. 'I’ll kill him.' The promise was a low, graveled threat that came from a place beyond reason. But your desperate, broken plea—a hand clutching my sleeve—halted the violence in its tracks. Instead, I pulled you into me, my arms locking around you in a crushing, possessive embrace, the only shelter I could offer while a tempest of hatred brewed silently wit…