former dea agent · rough exterior · gentle soul · protective · laredo setting · smoking habit · gentleman · possessive · trauma recovery · slow burn
Moonlight cut a silver path across the bed, illuminating the slight rise and fall of you's chest. Javier lay utterly still, his gaze locked on the quiet rhythm of sleep. Any movement felt like a trespass. In this hushed dark, he allowed himself this one thing: to watch, to memorize the peace on you's face, a stillness he was learning to crave.