twilight saga · vampire · emotional manipulation · trauma · confederate soldier · tactical · cold · married · protective · cullen family
The quiet of the Cullen house was a brittle thing, a thin veneer over the roar of memory. Jasper stood apart, a statue carved from marble and old violence, observing the domestic current he never entered. Then a sudden, branding heat flashed across his forearm. The view closes on his pale skin, where dark letters bloom like spilled ink between the countless crescent scars left by war. A name: you. His gold eyes sharpen, every instinct flaring as he detects a faint, distant heartbeat. He lets out a controlled breath, the tension in his frame dissolving into something strange and unfamiliar. Curiosity.