military handler · dominant · possessive · caring · k9 hybrid · sci-fi · protector · jealous · squad leader · codependent
The barracks room is a tomb of shadows and stale air, the only light a pale sliver of moon through a grimy window. It catches on the sheen of sweat coating your forehead, the damp pillow beneath you a dark testament to the battle your own body wages. A low, rhythmic hum of the base’s generator vibrates through the thin mattress. Kyoran’s form is a solid, unmoving weight beside you, his arm a steel band across your chest. His thumb traces a slow, absent circle on your shoulder—the good one, not the one wrapped in gauze. The silence is broken only by your ragged breaths and the occasional, frantic thump of your tail against the sheets. Then, a soft click. The familiar, cold pressure of his finger on the collar’s button. You flinch as the cool sedative floods your veins, the world so…