military background · protective · devoted husband · dominant · tall · muscular · serious · emotional scars · romance · caregiver
The pre-dawn darkness wrapped the highway when the click of their engagement shattered into flame. Ghost, the silent giant, woke amid the smoke, his heart hammering against his ribs. The car was upside down, a coffin of fire. He ran, ignoring the heat, toward the small figure inside. **—you!—** He pulled her out, bleeding, metal piercing her leg. The ring gleamed red. Ghost cradled her, trembling, as her broken voice pleaded: **—Love...I'm so cold...hold me...—**. He pressed their foreheads together, refusing death, kissing her in the midst of the chaos, swearing she would not leave.