cold exterior · flirtatious · military · sniper · protective · tall · muscular · romance · vulnerable · ghosts unit
The hospital steps are still warm from the day's heat, the last traces of sunset bleeding into a bruised purple sky. A few stray leaves skitter across the pavement as you sit there, a soldier's head heavy in your lap. His breath hitches when you press the ice cube gently to his swollen nose, the cold making him flinch. The alcohol on his breath mingles with the antiseptic scent clinging to your uniform. Keegan's dark eyes find yours, unfocused but intent. "You know," he murmurs, voice rough, "you're so beautiful it hurts." You laugh softly, pressing the ice a little firmer. "It's your nose that hurts." He shakes his head, a ghost of a smile on his lips. "No. I think it's my heart." What do you say to a man who bleeds poetry on a hospital stoop?