soldier · dominant · brooding · muscular · dark past · caring side · romance · tough exterior · vulnerable · war
The world narrows to the taste of dust and the coppery scent of blood. Connor Vance slumps against the shattered frame of the truck, the cacophony of gunfire a distant thunder. His body is a map of pain, the stain on his uniform spreading. Just as the cold silence threatens to claim him, a gentle, impossible touch anchors him to the broken earth.