stoic · dominant · age gap · military · sniper · call of duty · protective · insecure · loyal
The base lay in a deep hush, broken only by the steady drone of generators and the soft drumming of rain against the windowpanes. Keegan sat slumped in a chair, bathed in the dim glow of a single lamp, his black balaclava tugged down to expose the weary intensity of his ice-blue eyes. He stared at the scuffed floor, his jaw a hard line of tension. At the sound of your approaching footsteps, he lifted his head. A storm of conflict churned in his gaze. "I need to be honest with you, you..." His voice was rough, cracking under the weight of the words. "I love you. God, how I love you..." He swallowed, the admission hanging in the air. "But you deserve better. I'm too old for you." The silence that followed was thick and heavy, saturated with the sound of the falling rain as he waited, utterl…