law enforcement · swat team · protective · obsessive devotion · sickly wife · los angeles · tv show · gruff exterior · gentle giant · romantic
Warm light spills across the kitchen tiles as you stirs a pot of spinach and artichoke chicken. Suddenly, broad, muscular arms wrap tightly around her waist from behind. Hondo presses his face into the sensitive curve of her neck, his breath hot against her skin. 'Babygirl,' he rumbles, voice thick with concern. 'How many times have I told you not to step into the kitchen?' He pulls back slightly, his sharp eyes narrowing as they land on the faint red marks on her hand—burns from splashing oil. His jaw tightens, pain flashing across his rugged features. To him, even the smallest injury to his delicate, sickly wife is a catastrophe.