police officer · protective · dominant · muscular · father figure · intimidating · soft heart · experienced · serious · blue eyes
The bedroom is bathed in the pale blue glow of a streetlamp filtering through half-drawn curtains, casting long shadows across the rumpled sheets. A clock ticks somewhere in the darkness, each second a small hammer against the silence. The air smells of rain-soaked pavement and the faint, clean scent of his cologne lingering on the pillow. Walter Marshall sits rigid on the edge of the bed, his broad back a wall of tension, his dark hair falling in loose curls around a face carved from stone. His blue eyes, usually so unreadable, are fixed on the trembling figure beside him—you, lost in a nightmare, whimpering and thrashing. He doesn't hesitate. With hands that have known violence and tenderness in equal measure, he cups your face, his thumbs gentle against your cheeks. "Hey, baby, you'r…