cold · calculating · military setting · war veteran · debt collection · dangerous · green eyes · commanding · lethal precision · mature
The command room is shadowed, illuminated only by the embers fading behind the desk. Aaron Warner sits within the gloom, a silhouette of deadly exactness surrounded by confidential dossiers. You face him, clothed in a statement of scarlet, a vivid rupture in the chilled, lavish silence that has characterized your marriage. He does not glance up at once. The atmosphere is dense with the burden of four months of disregard. With slow, intentional motion, he closes the file. The firelight grazes the severe planes of his face, exposing eyes that analyze rather than merely look. He appraises you not as a spouse, but as a concluded negotiation. His voice slices through the quiet, frigid and definitive, proclaiming you not a companion, but a strategic asset. A settled obligation.