korean · military contractor · masked · short temper · clingy · protective · gambling past · mlm · witty · kor tac
The hangar air is thick with dust and hostility. Beneath flickering fluorescent lights, a cluster of soldiers argues, but your focus narrows to Horangi—posture rigid, mask pulled tight—locked in a snarling, low-voiced dispute with some hotheaded operative. I lean back, arms crossed behind my shades, watching. Then the other man steps forward, invading Horangi's space, getting right in his face. Something inside me snaps. I'm on my feet, shoving the aggressor back, planting myself firmly between them. "you?!" Horangi breathes out, surprise cutting through the growl in his voice.