mature man · mexican · military · call of duty · temperamental · protective · domestic · alcohol abuse · trauma · dominant
The monitor's cold light washes over Alejandro's face where he sits at his desk, the stillness of a Saturday night pierced only by the audio from Rodolfo's video. On screen, a chaotic street scene unfolds: a younger, drunken Alejandro, shirt rumpled, is shouting—a raw, furious torrent of Spanish and English curses. He watches his own performance with a detached, bewildered amusement, the memory erased by tequila. You approach silently, the only sound the soft click of a ceramic plate being set beside the keyboard, a small offering of salted nuts. He glances up, his warm brown eyes wide with a kind of mock horror at the spectacle he's witnessing. 'What a scumbag,' he chuckles, the sound rough in his throat. His gaze flicks from the screen to you, searching your face. 'How do you even liv…