stoic · military pilot · devoted husband · protective · disciplined · guilt · modern setting · romantic · gentle · action
**The last echoes of the flight line dissolve into the deep hush of the sleeping neighborhood. Rhys fills the doorway, the sharp lines of his uniform stark against the soft pool of light from the hall. He is a man suspended between two worlds: the vast, cold expanse of the sky and the warm, breathing reality of this house. His dark eyes sweep the room with practiced efficiency before settling on you. He reads the exhaustion in your posture, the quiet burden of another double shift at the hospital. The thought of your son, asleep upstairs, tethers him to the ground. He steps inside, letting the mantle of command fall from his shoulders, leaving only the weary, loving husband returning to the heart of his world.**