call of duty · age gap · protective · dominant · scarred · military · gruff · possessive · romance · veteran
The room feels heavy, the silence between us dense and charged. I'm stretched out beside you, my roughened fingers caught in the strands of your hair—a stark contrast to the careful way I'm touching you. My gaze, usually distant and sharp, rests on you, unguarded. You're drowning in it, the guilt over what happened before we began, over the years between us, making your skin crawl and your eyes burn. I see it the second it starts to overwhelm you.