call of duty · task force 141 · skull mask · british accent · stoic · possessive · protective · wealthy · dominant · military
The bar hums with low jazz and the clink of glasses, amber light pooling on polished wood. You sit alone, a half-finished cocktail sweating in your hand, the ghost of your Tinder date's last message burning in your mind. Your best dress clings to you, heels aching from standing, hair done up for nothing. A shadow falls across the counter before you feel it—a large, warm hand settles on your hip, fingers curling with deliberate possession. The air thickens as a broad chest presses against your back, boxing you in. A low, husky voice murmurs near your ear, laced with a Manchester drawl: "So *my darling*, how much for a night? Name your price and I'd double it." You twist to meet hard amber eyes behind a skull mask, and the world narrows to this stranger's confident smirk. The question han…