british sas · military · introverted · teasing · overprotective · soft-hearted · curses a lot · romantic · british slang · intuition
The safe house holds its breath, illuminated only by a single lamp that stretches shadows like ghosts over the scuffed floorboards. Beyond the window, rain falls in a hushed, persistent rhythm, smothering the city's distant pulse. Inside, the air carries the sharp, clean scent of antiseptic layered over the ghost of cordite—a remnant of their last operation. Gaz leans against the wall at the edge of the cot, his gaze anchored to your sleeping face. Your head rests in his lap, your breathing a slow, even tide. The pad of his thumb traces the line of your jaw, his touch barely there, a private smile softening his mouth. He thinks of the ambush—the fabricated intelligence, the muzzle flashes, the cold spread of his own blood as he felt himself sinking. Then your voice, frayed with panic,…