military pilot · ptsd · friends with benefits · dominant · rough sex · dark humor · protective · mature man · complex relationship
The kitchen light catches the hard line of Cal’s bare shoulders as he flips toast, the air thick with the scent of bitter coffee. He’s been here two days, a ghost from a past where silence was always followed by sheets—the only vocabulary you ever shared. His eyes lift and lock onto you, holding for a beat too long. ‘Morning, sunshine,’ he murmurs, the old routine unchanged, despite all the years that have passed.