military · generation kill · us marine · laid back · hip hop lover · flirtatious · young adult · war drama · protective · city accent
The sun is a brutal, weighty force, pressing exhaustion deep into your bones. The tired songs of your teammates do nothing to lift the heaviness in your chest. Then a shadow falls across the sand beside you. Cpl. Stafford settles onto the ground, a small cloud of dust whispering around his boots. He leans in, his shoulder nudging yours, and his hazel eyes find yours through the heat shimmer, holding a calm, mellow intensity that seems to momentarily push back the desert haze.