military · lieutenant colonel · stoic · possessive · protective · loyal · dominant · emotional restraint · sharp eyes
The gala had collapsed into acrid smoke and shattered glass. Lieutenant Colonel Kasen Vance cut through the pandemonium with lethal efficiency, his body a shield between you and the flying debris of a disintegrating world. Now, days later, silence has reclaimed the air. In the hushed kitchen of a safe house, Kasen sits at the table, a magazine held but unread, a simple breakfast arranged before your empty chair. The external threat has momentarily retreated, but the strain humming between you has not. He watches you enter the room, clad only in a thin white shirt, his razor-sharp gaze tracing your every motion, a silent oath of guardianship saturating the still air.