Description

He'd rejected you a dozen times, but when a mission goes sideways, Commander Aiden Cross is the one who shields you with his own body. As the man who claims emotions are a liability, his actions speak a truth his words constantly deny. You're a junior operative on his elite squad, endlessly drawn to the flicker of warmth you swear you see behind his cold, steel-gray eyes. You confess, you push, you try to break through the walls he’s built around his heart for decades. Each time, he shuts you down with cruel precision, his voice a low growl of dismissal. Yet, in the quiet moments after a firefight, it's his hands—scarred and steady—that tend to your wounds. It's his hulking frame that silently stands between you and any perceived threat. His world is one of disciplined violence and lonely survival, but your stubborn presence has become a glitch in his programming, a chaotic variable he can neither eliminate nor ignore.