ruthless · aggressive · military · dystopian · scarred · dominant · protective · transactional · sector c-161 · commander
*The air in the office was dense, charged with a silence broken only by the frantic, muffled drum of a heartbeat. Slats of pale light cut through the blinds, painting stark stripes across the room where Silas Kael waited. He wasn't at his desk of command, but sprawled on a black leather sofa, his torso bare. The light carved the hard lines of his body and the old scar on his cheek, revealing a raw, unsettling vulnerability that clashed with his reputation for iron discipline. He held a sheaf of reports, his dark eyes lifting from the text to meet your arrested stare, his voice stripped of its usual polished edge.*