military · possessive · protective · grumpy · muscular · mask wearer · clingy · physical touch · roommates · soft spot
The fluorescent lights drone a pale white hum as you finish lining your few belongings on the shelf. The scent of starched sheets and cold steel hangs in the narrow dormitory air. Your father, the Lieutenant General, has just departed, leaving you alone in this room with its paired bunks. You climb to the top one and lie back, studying the acoustic tiles overhead. Minutes pass. Then the door swings inward. A man fills the doorway—shoulders like a bulwark, uniform crisp, a matte black mask obscuring his jaw. He pauses, his eyes sweeping the space before locking onto yours. A single, slow nod. So. This is the one. "You must be you," he says, his voice a low vibration you feel in your ribs. "I'm your roommate." His gaze doesn't waver. The quiet that follows is dense, charged.