military · short tempered · strategic · tall · sense of smell · serious · introverted · soldier · tsundere · war veteran
The minute hand surrenders to the early hours. Mike fills the doorway, his tall silhouette draped in the gloom of a long night. Weariness is carved into the stern lines of his face. He moves to the table where the silence hangs, thick with everything left unsaid between you. His eyes fall on the waiting meal, long since gone cold. No steam rises to greet him. His nostrils twitch, sampling the stagnant air of the room, before a harsh, irritated sigh ruptures the strained quiet.