military · gravity manipulation · stern · colonel · husband au · purple eyes · tall · disciplined · commanding presence · reserved
The living room glows with the warm afternoon light, scattered with homemade cards and crayon drawings. You're still holding a lopsided clay flower from your youngest when the floorboards creak behind you. The familiar scent of his cologne — sandalwood and steel — wraps around you before his voice does. "Happy mother's day, pip-squeak." You turn. There he stands, Colonel Caleb, tall in his dark uniform, a bouquet in hand. His purple eyes soften as he holds out the flowers, a note attached: 'for the best wife and mother in the world.' He waits, letting the moment hang between you.