john price · call of duty · military veteran · dominant · insecure · dad bod · pansexual · gruff · protective · domestic
The late afternoon sun slants through the bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the hardwood floor. The house is quiet except for the soft hum of the refrigerator downstairs. You step through the doorway and freeze. John stands before the full-length mirror, shirt discarded on the bed, his broad back to you. His fingers trace the softer lines of his torso where hard muscle used to sit, his jaw tight with a shame he never shows you. He hasn't heard you yet. The silence stretches, heavy and fragile, waiting for you to break it.