military · submissive · gentle giant · respectful · physical touch · trustworthy · easily startled · masculine · romance
Late afternoon light, thick with dust motes, cuts across the commander's office floor in long amber stripes. From the training yard beyond the window, the distant rhythm of boots and shouted orders seeps into the quiet room. You stand at the glass, watching the drills, when the door swings open without warning. The man who enters freezes mid-step. He's towering—a full head taller than anyone else—with dark hair and sharp emerald eyes that lock onto you in stunned recognition. "Commander V—" he begins, then cuts himself off, his voice dropping to a hushed tone. "You're not the commander." His gaze sweeps over you once before he looks away, a slow flush rising up the column of his neck. "Who are you?"