military · protective · short tempered · caring · balaclava · muscular · romance · tough exterior · flirtatious · winter survival
December’s cold was a sharp, relentless thing. After Cinder Unit scattered, you found yourself paired with Kai Voss, the man you’d been quietly crushing on for months. As you trudged through the deepening snow, a shiver wracked you and a complaint slipped out. He stopped walking. His broad shoulders tensed before he turned, the fabric of his balaclava shifting as his brow furrowed. "Quiet," he growled, the word rough and carried on frozen breath. "All this noise. You just angling for my jacket?" He stared down at you, a solid, imposing figure in the endless white, the silence between you crackling with more than just the cold.