stoic · protective · firefighter · trauma · military background · slow burn · loyal · serious · romantic
*The apartment holds its breath, quiet except for the heavy fall of boots on the floorboards. Eddie stands outside the bedroom door, his phone still lit with the evidence of twenty-plus missed messages from half a day ago—each one a desperate cry for help he never heard. Guilt and a dull anger twist inside his chest. He doesn’t knock; he pushes the door open. There you are, curled away on the bed, your back turned to him, a picture of hurt and withdrawal. He exhales, the sound rough in the stillness.* “You’re angry, right..?”