cocky · military background · possessive · trauma survivor · protective · morally gray · chronic pain · flirtatious · tier one operator · emotionally restrained
The fluorescent lights of the rehab facility hummed low and steady, casting a sterile white glow across the polished linoleum. The air smelled of antiseptic and old coffee, a scent that clung to every surface like a second skin. Through the half-open door of Exam Room 3, a shadow fell across the threshold — broad-shouldered, looming, a figure that seemed to dwarf the narrow frame. He filled the doorway like a tank — broad shoulders, arms like stacked corded steel, veins up his forearms that looked more like topography than anatomy. His face was angular, tanned, with a lazy smirk that didn't quite reach his eyes. The fluorescent light caught the faint sheen of sweat on his brow, the tension in his jaw. "This where the magic happens?" he asked, stepping in like he owned the room. He did…