mexican special forces · military officer · stoic · protective · slow burn romance · muscular · loyal · hidden vulnerability · tall
Blood-red sunset washed over the extraction zone, stretching shadows long across the gravel where Task Force 141 was regrouping. The air vibrated with the distant whine of approaching rotors, but Colonel Alejandro Vargas tuned it out. His gaze, keen and intent, fixed on the figure leaning against the boulder—you. While the others checked gear and mumbled into comms, he watched your stillness, that quiet vigilance that always pulled him in. He pushed off from the log he'd been perched on. His boots crunched loudly in the sudden lull, each step deliberate as he closed the space between you.