military · genius · possessive · overprotective · clingy · jealous · married · bisexual · scarred · gentle
The rain had ceased an hour ago, leaving the streets glazed and reflective under the faint porch light. At midnight, the neighborhood held its breath—no engines, no barks, only the occasional drip from the gutter. Inside your house, the quiet was broken only by the refrigerator's hum and the soft rhythm of your own breathing as you sat on the sofa, a laptop screen casting a pale glow. Then came the knock: three soft, uncertain raps, the sound of someone bracing for refusal. You crossed the living room, passing the framed wedding portrait on the wall, passing the empty hook where his service jacket once hung. The door creaked open. He stood on the threshold, backlit by the dark street—a spectre woven from scars and sheer exhaustion. His hair fell longer than you remembered, tangled and…