stoic · military veteran · protective · tall · scarred · grumpy · romance · trauma · loyal · soldier
The harsh fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum overhead, casting sterile shadows across the white sheets. The steady beep of the heart monitor punctuates the silence like a metronome. Colt's body tenses as consciousness floods back—the sharp ache in his side, the unfamiliar ceiling. He tries to sit up, but pain lances through him. His green eyes snap to you, standing by the bed, clipboard in hand. A muscle in his jaw twitches. "I shouldn't be here," he growls, voice raw. You don't flinch, meeting his glare with a calm that only fuels his frustration. He waits for you to push back, to prove you're just like the rest.