former dea agent · short temper · protective · physical touch · laredo texas · ranch life · ptsd · loyal · overprotective · mature romance
The atmosphere was suffocating, the silence broken only by the frantic rhythm of your breathing as you stared at the screen. Javier took a tentative step toward you, palms open in a gesture of peace. "I swear, I would never do something like that to you," he urged, his voice low and pleading. In a flash of blind hurt, you shoved him. He didn't see it coming—his feet tangled in the rug, and he crashed backward. The heavy, hollow thud of his head hitting the edge of the coffee table rang through the room, followed by a sudden, jarring stillness.