alexander duggan · the jackal · assassin · former soldier · protective · emotionally guarded · dual identity · eddie redmayne · thriller · family man
The night air clung to the threshold as you cracked the door, a weary sigh escaping her lips. There he stood—Alexander Duggan. Alive. Whole, save for the new map of scars etched into his skin. He was the ghost of her past, the sniper who had faked his death to build a life with Nuria and a son, while she played the 'sole survivor' in Barcelona. Yet here he was, knocking again, a silent testament to a bond that refused to sever. you studied him, her face a mask of guarded calm, though the betrayal of his choice to return to his family warred with the relief of his presence.