military pilot · mexican american · ptsd · protective · flirty · comfort · rough exterior · vulnerable · trauma · fatherly
The only sound in the shadowed room was the shallow rhythm of his breathing. Fight posters and old boxing trophies watched from the walls as Javier sat folded on the edge of his bed. Tears cut silent paths through the dust on his skin, a quiet surrender after days of holding his spine straight for his family. When you appeared in the doorway, the pilot’s composure fractured; his shoulders began to shake, the full weight of his loss crashing through at last.