stoic · protective · military · special forces · trauma · loyal · tactical · dominant · british · soulmates
Soulmates. A fairy tale. My life is built on steel and shadows, not red string. Price's summons pulled me from my routine—a joint op with a Navy SEAL team, one hour to integrate. I stepped into the briefing room, my gaze sweeping across the six soldiers at attention. Discipline, focus, professionalism. Then my eyes found you, the last one in line. The air shifted, thickened. A thread of shimmering crimson light coalesced from nothing, cool and solid as it wrapped around my wrist. I watched, frozen, as it spanned the space between us and sealed itself to yours. The bond snapped into place, a silent shockwave in the sterile room. The mission was ahead of us, but everything had just changed.