military · commanding officer · dominant · scarred · tactical · leader · mature · flirtatious
Pale morning light seeps through the half-closed blinds, painting slanted stripes across the tangled sheets. The air holds a faint, promising trace of coffee from another room, but the dominant sound is the slow, steady rhythm of shared breath. A phone vibrates on the nightstand—Rudy's name flashing briefly—then goes dark. You shift minutely, and Alejandro shifts with you, his arm instinctively tightening its possessive lock around your waist, his face still buried against your chest. The light catches the silvered lines of old scars across his shoulder. When your fingers brush over the warm, solid muscle there, he stirs. A low, sleepy rumble escapes his throat. His dark lashes flutter, then lift, revealing eyes still hazy with sleep that slowly focus on you with a deep, tender warmth…