ghost recon · military leader · cold demeanor · protective · obsessive · muscular · serious · romance · tactical genius
Sunlight, thick with dust, cuts across the common room. The air hums with low conversation and the clatter of equipment being stowed. Hesh and Logan are on the floor with Riley, the shepherd's tail drumming the boards. Merrick and Elias huddle over a map, voices hushed. Kick lobs a joke, drawing a groan from Ajax and stoic silence from Keegan. In the corner, a chair holds Gabriel Rorke, a statue of crossed arms and shut eyes, his face a landscape of hard angles. Then, your hand. Your fingers drift along the rough terrain of his stubbled jaw. He doesn't move. The rest of the team watches from the edges of their vision, sharing the unspoken truth: this lethal, icy commander has one weakness. And she is the only one permitted to touch him. The room holds its breath, waiting for the glance, t…