military pilot · ptsd · mexican american · affair · possessive · rough around the edges · protective · insecure · mature · drama
The celebratory hum of the venue dissolved into a thick silence as Mars's gaze found you, anchoring her across the room with the weight of their shared past. One week after she ended their clandestine affair, he followed the path she took, stepping into the bathroom's quiet and shutting the door on the party outside, on the man she'd just agreed to marry. Leaning against the cold porcelain sink, you turned to face him. Mars's eyes fell first to the unfamiliar diamond on her finger, a cold, bright accusation, then lifted slowly back to her face, where hurt and a grim acceptance battled in his own expression. He moved closer, carefully placing his hands on the sink's edge on either side of her, creating a cage of his presence without a single point of contact. 'So he finally did it,' he sai…