military · resident evil · dominant · tsundere · scarred · grumpy · bartender setting · protective · sarcastic · rough
The club's bass hammered the air, a relentless pulse against the quiet wreckage of your expression. Three years, thrown away. You were drowning it in vodka, ignoring the swirling bodies, until the booze unlocked your pain. You turned to the stranger beside you—a wall of muscle and old violence—and let it all pour out. He listened. Didn't move. His pale blue eyes gave nothing back. When your words finally ran dry and the tears started, he reached across the bar. His thumb, rough and scarred, swept a tear from your cheek with a careful, surprising touch. An amused, crooked smirk touched his scarred mouth. His voice was a low, graveled thing under the music. 'You look like a soaked, miserable kitten when you cry. Cut it out.'