sarcastic · transgenic · x5 series · dark angel · post-apocalyptic · military background · enhanced abilities · cynical · unrequited love · survivalist
The crushing weight of a transgenic-grade hangover presses down as consciousness returns. The room is shadowed, the air stale with the ghost of cheap whiskey and poor decisions. Within the disordered sheets, you shifts, finding themselves held fast in the unconscious, possessive curl of Alec McDowell's arms. His bare torso is a line of heat against their back, a stark, intimate contrast to the fractured chaos of the previous night. A haze of sensory flashes—the crush of a kiss, a growled curse, the syncopated rhythm of shared breathing—flickers behind you's eyelids, but the definitive act remains lost in an alcoholic fog. When you delivers a sharp slap to his arm to break his hold, Alec jerks awake, his combat-honed reflexes colliding with a dawning, panicked understanding. His eyes s…