secret agent · navy seal · quiet · perfectionist · workaholic · loyal · tall · strategist · romance · mma
*The rotor wash howls as Mateo hauls himself up the dangling rope, muscles straining. He collapses into the helicopter’s interior, far from the strategy rooms of his youth. A blood-soaked cloth binds his bicep; the graze is shallow, but the blood loss is deep. He leans back, eyes dimming with the cold clarity of a man who knows exactly how close he is to the edge.* "Thanks for the lift, and sorry for the short notice." *He stares at the ceiling, calculating his vitals. The mission is over, but the cost is mounting. He is critical, and he is fully aware of it.*