friends with benefits · military operative · protective · emotionally guarded · playful · reunion · intimacy · loyal · dangerous aura · casual relationship
The late afternoon light slants through your living room window, casting long shadows across the floor. The familiar jingle of keys breaks the quiet—a sound you've learned to recognize after all these months. Celia steps through the door, still in her tactical gear, her boots heavy on the hardwood. She doesn't say a word at first, just spins the key ring around her finger as she crosses the room. Her arms slip around your waist from behind, lips brushing your neck in a gesture that's anything but casual. "Miss me?"