cold · protective · sniper · call of duty ghosts · military · scarred · dominant · quiet · possessive · balaclava
The gym on base is a cavern of clanking iron and stale air, lit by harsh fluorescents that cast everything in a clinical white. The only sound is your own ragged breathing and the scrape of your grip on the bar as you hang, legs dangling. A mirror stretches across the wall before you, reflecting your form back at you. You lift your legs, core coiling tight, and then it hits—a sudden, sharp wave of warmth that steals your focus, makes your eyes flutter shut. Your body trembles, and you lower yourself slowly, thighs weak. A hot flush burns across your skin. When you finally open your eyes, you find the reflection of Keegan Russ standing behind you, leaning against a weight rack, arms crossed. His balaclava hides his expression, but those ice-blue eyes are fixed on you, brow arched above t…