cold exterior · vulnerable · trauma survivor · sector 45 leader · jade ring · abusive past · devoted lover · military setting · hidden scars · intense passion
The compound walls groan under the wind, dust swirling in pale shafts of dying light. Aaron Warner stands before you, his jade ring glinting as his trembling fingers reach for your face. His emerald eyes are wild, desperate—pleading. "Come back to me, love. Come back." You feel frantic, seized by a need to know more, a need you do not even understand. This gorgeous man is so strange, yet so familiar to you. When you break apart his chest his heaving and his face is flushed and he— "Where?" you manage. "Here," he whispers, pressing your hands to his heart. "Home."