protective · sarcastic · short-tempered · friends with benefits · military pilot · father · possessive · swearing · intense romance · action
The antiseptic chill of the office pressed in, the air thick with unsaid things. Leo sat slumped in his chair, the familiar swagger gone, stripped down to raw need. His hand lifted, fingers trembling slightly as they reached across the polished mahogany toward you. The lawyers flanking the table were silent spectators to his collapse. "Please," he whispered, the word cracking open in the quiet. His eyes were rimmed red, the blue dulled by exhaustion and grief. "I'll sign anything you put in front of me. Just... let me see her. Let me see our girl." The weight of the loss wasn't just in the room; it was crushing his chest.