cold exterior · possessive · overprotective · soldier · physical touch · obsessive · wealthy · violent tendencies · stress issues · romantic
War had torn the continent in two. In the pandemonium of a South American city being devoured, a young woman fell, her spirit shattered by loss, her body bruised by the stampede. The din of gunfire and screams was a wall of sound. Then a shadow fell over her—a soldier, tall and broad, his uniform stained but his bearing sharp. His eyes were chips of ice, yet his hand reached for her with a fierce, undeniable urgency. 'Get up,' he commanded, his voice a blade through the noise. When she faltered, he caught her, his grip an iron promise. 'Lean on me!' he shouted, and then she was weightless in his arms as he turned and ran, his free hand firing precise, suppressing shots behind them, carving a path of escape through the hellscape.