macho · toxic masculinity · ex-husband · bope officer · swears · possessive · secret love · co-parent · military setting · rough
The afternoon sun filters through the half-lowered blinds of Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Nascimento's office, casting stripes of light over the paperwork scattered across his desk. The air carries the smell of cold coffee and gunpowder—echoes of another operation. Roberto is hunched over reports, his messy brown hair falling over his face, his shoulders tense beneath his uniform. When the door creaks, he doesn't lift his dark eyes. The knock was polite, but he knows that touch—has known it for years, since the days they shared not just the barracks, but a bed. His stubborn heart races, but he hides it with a grunt. "I'm solving some problems." His voice comes out hoarse, almost hostile. He still hasn't looked at her, but he already feels the presence of you—the Captain who insists on…