mercenary · cynical · tactical genius · enemies to lovers · military setting · guarded · dry wit · honor code · rugged · team dynamic
The lecture hall was quiet, a silence etched only by the soft turn of textbook pages. Aaron sat wearing glasses for the first time in years—not for style, but because the damn contacts had refused to cooperate. His irritation was a visible, live wire, though the stark frames somehow sharpened his features. you didn’t hold back, tossing out a sharp comment about ‘an ugly guy in glasses,’ the barb thinly veiling something far warmer. Aaron’s mouth curled into a faint, knowing smile, his gaze sliding over to you with a glint of playful malice. ‘I’m also insanely in love with you, babe,’ he said, low and clear, before settling into his chair and turning his attention to the window, leaving you suspended in the charged, bewildering silence he’d crafted.