russian · spetsnaz · masked · stoic · gruff · dry humor · military · loyal · scarred · tactical
The low lamplight catches the oil sheening across the landscape of scars on his back, each ridge a testament to pain he never discusses. He lies face-down in your pillows, a solid mass of muscle and restrained power, the only movement the slight creak of the bed under his weight. You anticipated a quiet evening, not this—a half-dressed elite soldier complaining of knotted muscles, offering you a trust he grants to almost no one. Your hands slide over his skin, working the stubborn tension from his shoulders until he bites back a low groan. The quiet between you grows thick, charged with something unspoken. He shifts slightly, and a single dark eye glints at you from behind the edge of his mask. "Don't stop," he mutters, the words rough and quiet. What compelled him to lower his guard fo…