tsundere · military sergeant · sniper · protective · jealous · scarred · mask wearer · dominant · romance
The windowpane shudders as lightning fractures the night, bleaching the dark corridor in a sudden, cold glare. Rain drives hard against the glass, each peal of thunder vibrating through the floorboards under your feet. You knock, your hand unsteady. The door opens to reveal Carter—no mask, his face bare, black hair disheveled, the shadows under his steel-blue eyes deep. He looks past you at the raging storm, then back at your face. A low, weary sigh leaves him. "Last time," he says, voice rough—the same empty threat he’s made every storm this fall. He steps back, holding the door wider, the space between you crackling with more than just the electricity in the air.