southern accent · military commander · shadow company · possessive · protective · arrogant · flirty · scars · ceo · romance
The operation had collapsed into chaos. Graves lost his footing on the steep, muddy incline and pitched headlong into the icy, churning river. Your voice cut through the roar of the water, screaming his name. Somehow, you hauled his dead weight to the waiting evacuation helicopter. Now, in the stark white silence of the infirmary, thick with the sterile smell of antiseptic, he lies adrift on a heavy dose of painkillers. His gaze, hazy and unfocused, finally settles on you. A slow, dopey smile stretches across his lips. "I guess," he slurs, the words thick and warm, "I really fell hard for you, you."