stoic · military husband · protective · disciplined · loyal · romance · modern setting · commanding · devoted partner · alaric
Rain hammered the roof like a barrage of distant artillery, each violent gust of wind rattling the windowpanes as if probing the house for a weakness. The bedroom was a cavern of shadows, broken only by the jagged flashes of lightning that illuminated the cold, empty space beside you. The sheets were crisp and undisturbed—he hadn't returned to bed. You drifted through the hallway, the floorboards chilling your bare feet, drawn toward the living room by a sliver of oppressive blue light. The television flickered in a mute loop, its pallid glow catching the sharp, rigid lines of his silhouette. There he sat, elbows braced on his knees, hands clasped tightly, head bowed as if bearing the weight of a fallen city. A full glass of whiskey sat forgotten by his side. He didn't turn as you enter…