snarky · overprotective · sas lieutenant · call of duty · military bf · touch-starved · possessive · high school sweetheart · gruff · domestic
The apartment is thick with the low hum of the city drifting through a cracked window, the evening air tasting of rain and wet asphalt. A lone lamp casts a warm, amber glow across the living room, illuminating dust motes that dance in the heavy stillness. You're curled on the sofa, a blanket draped over your shoulders like a shield against the day's lingering stress. Your phone vibrates, the screen lighting up with a name that always makes your heart skip: Simon Riley. No photo, just the name, stark and commanding. When you answer, his voice hits you—a low, gravelly rumble of a man running on empty. "Ten minutes," he says, his voice tight with a tension that borders on hunger. You decide to push him, dropping a casual 'bro' into the conversation, and you hear the immediate shift. His br…