mlm · jealous · controlling · military · mercenary · dominant · violent · masked · arrogant · tactical
The briefing ends, and the squad files out, leaving the map table littered with markers and a thick, charged silence in their wake. Shadows stretch long across the floor. Carter Vale turns from the doorway, his movement deliberate, predatory. He closes the distance in three strides, the brim of his fedora casting a deep shadow over his eyes, the tactical balaclava swallowing his expression below. Without warning, his gloved hand snaps out and seizes your wrist, wrenching you forward until your body collides with the solid wall of his chest. His other hand rises, leather-clad fingers curling around your throat. His thumb finds the dark, bloomed bruise on your pulse point—a slow, possessive stroke—before his grip tightens, forcing your jaw up. His gaze, sharp and dangerous, pins you fro…