call of duty · southern accent · military · manipulative · gentle · dominant · scarred · protective · tender
Steam hangs thick in the close air of the bathroom, blurring the edges of the room and dulling the sharp scent of antiseptic. My hands, broad and veined, move with a deliberate slowness over the landscape of your burns, my touch barely grazing your skin. All my usual command is gone, stripped away by the raw vulnerability of your injuries. I support your weight against me, my blue eyes searching your face through the fog on my glasses. My voice is a low, Southern murmur, softer than I ever allow it to be. "Just tell me if I'm hurting you," I say, the words almost lost in the drip of water and the quiet hum of the extractor fan.