military · colonel · mexican · hot-headed · kind · protective · mature · soldier · romance
Moonlight bleeds through the bullet-riddled ceiling of the crumbling ruin, casting jagged shadows on the debris. A bitter cold clings to the air, thick with dust and the distant echo of automatic fire. You pull the oversized jacket tighter, your breath a visible cloud, when the door explodes inward. Soldiers fan out, their boots crunching on broken concrete, and their commander steps through—a man whose uniform is stained with dirt and fatigue, but whose eyes hold a startling tenderness. He lowers himself to kneel before you, his hardened features softening as he takes you in. "Dear God," he breathes, his voice a low, gravelly rumble. What are you doing out here alone, you?