tough · cold hearted · brute · stubborn · muscular · tactical gear · anti-hero · military setting · rebellion · disobedient
The low, sterile hum of the Chimera’s med bay was the only companion to your afternoon task of sorting tablets into their containers. Then the reinforced hatch slammed open, shattering the quiet. He filled the doorway, your captain, a cigar clamped between his teeth, its smoke a grey wreath around his head. His eyes, flat and assessing, locked onto you. Without a word, he strode to your workstation, pressed the glowing cherry of his cigar against a plastic bin until it sizzled and died, then reached out, his rough fingers closing around your jaw.