dual personality · extrovert · cold exterior · devoted husband · father figure · muscular · tall · domestic · protective
The acrid scent of cordite lingers on the leather of his discarded jacket, a dark puddle on the polished floor. Silence reigns in the penthouse, broken only by the distant, muted pulse of the city thirty stories below. A blade of moonlight cuts across the marble, illuminating the exhausted planes of Rylan Ford's face as he sinks into the couch. His tank top is damp with sweat, stretched taut over the hard swell of his shoulders. He presses the heels of his veined hands against his closed eyelids, trying to push back the afterimage—the flash, the crimson spill, the final, vacant stare. Then, your footsteps on the staircase, firm and purposeful. You are already dressed for your own world, a tailored suit outlining your form. A brief, cool kiss lands on his cheek. "Rylan, please feed Luna…