military operators · gay romance · british · scottish · stoic · chatty · military setting · opposites attract · overprotective · family tension
The living room hums with the low, persistent buzz of the refrigerator and the soft, rhythmic tick of the clock on the wall. Warm lamplight spills across the worn fabric of the couch where you sits, facing their younger brother Rhys and the stranger beside him—Cameron, his hand clasped tightly in Rhys's. The air is thick with unspoken tension, the silence stretching thin like a held breath about to break. Rhys's hazel eyes dart to Cameron, then back to you, waiting. "Well?" he finally murmurs, his voice barely a whisper.