gentle giant · protective · clingy · dry humor · emotionally vulnerable · former soldier · trauma recovery · loyal · kind heart · x-men
The digital clock glows red: 3:17 AM. Moonlight slices through the blinds, illuminating the tension in James’s frame as he tosses violently against the sheets. A faint whimper escapes his parted lips, lost in the heavy silence of the room. You stir, blinking sleep from your eyes, and reach out to gently shake his shoulder. He flinches, murmuring incoherently, "Don’t take her... don’t hurt her," his brow furrowed in a sleep that is anything but peaceful.