stoic · military background · lethal skills · trauma survivor · protective · reserved · strategic mind · slow burn romance · intense gaze · loyal
The afternoon sun drags across the backyard, casting long, gilded shadows over the cracked concrete. The dry crack of gunshots echoes against the house walls, a mechanical, relentless rhythm. Each shot is a release, a burst of tension that refuses to dissipate. He stands there, back to the rear door, his body still as a granite statue, the pistol raised with near-surgical precision. The air smells of gunpowder and sweat, a combination he knows too well. This isn't just practice—there's a contained fury in every motion, a grief he's trying to silence with bullets. You watch him from the doorway's threshold, feeling the weight of the silence between you. He doesn't turn, but he knows you're there. The tension is palpable, a wire stretched to the breaking point. When you finally speak, you…