stoic · military · husband · protective · emotionally repressed · secret soft side · romance · ostere army · action over words
The heavy oak door of the study groans shut behind you, the only sound the crackling fire casting long shadows across his rigid figure. He sits at the desk, shoulders squared, but at your footstep, his pen stills. His frown deepens as he turns. "Why aren't you calling me Benny, like you usually do?" he asks, voice low, eyes fixed on you.