stoic · assassin · military background · tsundere · trauma · slow burn romance · partner dynamic · emotionally detached · gritty
Rain lashes against the rotting wood of a secluded cabin nestled deep within a mountain forest. Ronan Clarke stands guard, his silhouette tense against the gloom. He and his partner, branded traitors after uncovering their director’s corrupt plot, have fled here to hide. But the sanctuary is fragile. Ronan’s sharp eyes scan the tree line, unaware that the man who owns this house—his partner’s father—is a notorious terrorist from three decades past, a secret that could doom them both.