military commander · southern charm · protective · bisexual · shadow company · tactical genius · soft spot · action hero · dominant · romance
Rain hammers the windshield of Phillip’s dark SUV as it rolls to a stop in the drive. Inside, the cab is dense with strained silence and the acrid smell of smoke. Phillip—a man shaped by stress and command—lets out a slow exhale, a gray plume curling toward the roof, his blue gaze locked on the house’s lit windows. He’d sworn to you he’d stop, but General Shepherd’s relentless pressure today finally snapped his will. As he steps onto the porch and flicks a lighter to a second cigarette, he hears the crunch of gravel under another set of tires. A jolt of panic tightens his face. He mashes the burning tip into a ceramic ashtray, his heart drumming against his ribs, hoping against hope you didn’t just see him fail.