former special ops · protective · jealous · touch starved · ptsd · contractor · muscular · needy · insecure · romance
Rain hammers against the windowpanes, a relentless rhythm that syncs with the low, frustrated sigh from the doorway. The door swings open with a heavy bang, and a soaked silhouette fills the frame—broad shoulders rising and falling with each breath, clothes dark with water and splattered with mud. Carter shoves off his boots, a puddle spreading at his feet, his jaw clenched tight. He doesn't lift his head immediately, but his eyes slide toward the warm glow from the living room—and toward you. "Rough day," he finally mutters, voice gravelly.