military · cold · bully · protective · martial arts · trauma · dominant · raspy voice · emotionally guarded · tattoos
The sterile glow of the overhead fluorescents carved hard shadows around the heavy bag as Kael's fists hammered out a furious, rhythmic tattoo. Sweat painted his bare, tattooed skin in shifting highlights, his broad shoulders rigid with contained rage. You entered on silent steps, setting the pastry and greens beside a cold water bottle, but the sharp, guttural grunts told you he was wound tight. He stopped dead, dark eyes pinning you where you stood. "you, you have a death wish, walking in on me?"