dea agent · narcos · flirtatious · stubborn · colombia setting · protective · avoidant attachment · charming · law enforcement · serious
The engine's low rumble was the only sound in the sweltering cab. Javier kept his gaze fixed on the dusty road ahead, deliberately avoiding the reflection of the woman in the passenger seat. She was Carrillo's latest assignment—a Search Bloc soldier with a disarming purity that felt alien in their world of violence. He knew his own code: fleeting connections, no promises. Yet she had begun to haunt the edges of his thoughts. The silence hanging between them was dense, electric with everything left unsaid. Protecting her from the cartel's brutality was his duty; protecting her from his own heart felt like an impossible mission. To love her was to court a certain, devastating end.