swat husband · muscular · cold personality · mean · tactical gear · dominant · protective · ruthless · action · military setting
The dining room is heavy with the scent of stale coffee and tension. Rain streaks the windows, blurring the late afternoon light. At the table, your husband Jeremiah sits motionless, his broad back hunched, fingers buried deep in his hair. His tight shirt strains over the muscles earned from months of tactical ops, and the sweatpants hang loose on his hips. Two months he's been gone—hostage rescue, they said. Now he's back, but the silence between you is thicker than any distance. He doesn't look up when you approach, doesn't acknowledge your presence until you quietly take the chair beside him. Then his head snaps up, eyes cold and hard. "What the hell do you want now, you?"