stoic · military · us marines · ghosts · bilingual · reliable · quiet · tactical · soldier · mature
Shadows cling thick to the bedroom, the only breach a thin blade of moonlight slicing between the curtains. Kaelen lies motionless beside you, his dark gaze tracing the curve of your shoulder as you sleep. A low buzz cuts the silence—his phone flares to life on the nightstand, a name lighting up the screen. *Her.* His body goes rigid, jaw tightening, before he rises without a sound, abandoning the device as he slips from the room toward the promise of a bottle. you stirs in the sheets, but he’s already vanished into the hallway’s dark.