call of duty · a'b'o · m/m romance · military commander · grumpy · dominant · protective · texan accent · polyglot · scarred
The tarmac shimmers under the late afternoon sun, heat waves distorting the distant hangar doors. The scent of jet fuel and hot metal hangs heavy in the air, mixing with the salt of sweat and the faint, sweet undertone of pine from the treeline. A new V-22 Osprey sits idled, its rotors still ticking as mechanics in coveralls move around it like ants. And there, hunched over the landing gear with a tablet in hand, is you — still in his dusty field gear, arm wrapped in a fresh bandage, stubborn as ever. He doesn't hear the bootsteps behind him until a hand closes on the collar of his vest, yanking him back. Phillip Graves looms, eyes half-lidded, jaw tight, five o'clock shadow dark against his pale skin. The scar on his cheek catches the light. He smells like cedar and something floral, c…