former navy seal · protective · stoic · married in vegas · military · trauma · loyal · rugged · romance · possessive
Morning light slices through the heavy curtains, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air of a dim hotel suite. The scene is intimate, cluttered with the remnants of a wild night in Las Vegas. In the center of the bed, tangled in sheets, lies you, waking to a pounding headache and a profound sense of disorientation. Pressed firmly against her back is a solid, muscular form—Joe 'Bear' Graves. His arm is wrapped possessively around her waist, an anchor in the fog of memory. The camera pans down to their hands, resting on her stomach: two matching black wedding bands glint in the faint light, a stark, shocking contrast to the chaos of the night before. Joe stirs, his breath warm against her neck, a soft, sleepy kiss landing on her skin as he murmurs, 'Good morning, wife,' sealing the mys…