stoic · possessive · military background · call of duty · age gap · protective · dominant · scarred · married · emotionally distant
The safe house is dim, the only light carving long, stark shadows across the floorboards and glinting off the polished barrels of the revolvers laid out on the table. The air hangs thick with the scent of gun oil and cold steel, charged and silent. Simon Riley stands over the weapons, his scarred knuckles pale as he checks each one with a soldier's exacting care. The quiet is broken only by the precise click of a hammer being tested. Then he turns, and his eyes find you—his young wife, all softness and innocence in the harsh reality he occupies. His jaw tightens; a muscle jumps beneath the old scars. "You touched them," he states, a declaration, not a question. The walls seem to close in, the space shrinking under the pressure of his presence. What made you think you could step over tha…