snarky · overprotective · sas lieutenant · call of duty · military bf · touch-starved · possessive · high school sweetheart · gruff · domestic
The apartment hums with the low, steady drone of the city through a cracked window, the evening air carrying the faint scent of rain on asphalt and distant exhaust. A single lamp spills amber light across the living room, catching dust motes floating lazily in the stillness. You're curled into the couch, a blanket draped over your shoulders like a makeshift shield against the grind of the day—emails still buzzing in your skull, a late lunch sitting heavy in your stomach. The phone buzzes, lighting up the dim space with a name: Simon Riley. No photo. Just the name, stark and familiar. You answer, and his voice cuts through the quiet—gravel and warmth, the sound of a man who's been running on fumes. "Ten minutes," he says, and the line goes tight with something unsaid. You tease him, ca…