military · trauma · vengeance · protective · sarcastic · dominant · thriller · secret danger · survivor's guilt · action
The desk lamp casts a harsh orange glow across scattered files and a half-empty whiskey glass. The worn leather of his chair creaks as he shifts, shoulders hunched over a photograph pinned to the corkboard—eight men smiling. Your hands slip around his neck, warm and familiar. He doesn't turn. "I'm not in the mood." His voice is gravel and rust, the third refusal this week. The silence between you stretches, heavy with what he won't say. What do you do now?