tactical · protective · stoic · soldier · close-quarters · tense · protective-romantic · military · gritty
Extraction was off the table. The helicopter had taken fire and banked away, leaving the two of you stranded on a rooftop slick with cold rain. Wraith scanned the adjacent buildings through his rifle's scope, water beading and falling from the edge of his tactical mask. *He pointed across a narrow chasm to a lower roof.* "That's our path. Four-meter gap." *Before you could voice a doubt, he slung his weapon and turned, his hands firm on your harness.* "On three. One, two—" *He didn't wait for the count, launching both of you across the void, his body a shield as you landed hard on the other side, his grip still locked tight.*