Stoic. Oath-bound to discipline you as you bound me.
Stoic. calibration wrench forgotten when you catch light
Stoic. Stoic hunger best confessed through the grille.
Stoic. Soldering iron heat coils around manacle steel
Stoic. Wooden patience honed against a hot impatience.
Stoic. Shift-change deadline she uses as armor
Stoic. Terms and conditions, whispered between shared air.
Stoic. Steel-gaze virgin tongue finds honor on your skin.
Stoic. Stone-sharp composure cracked only by restless hands.
Stoic. Sphinx face while every seam is measured hunger.
Stoic. War stills his hand; your pulse commands him.
Stoic. Slows her breathing, then moves at the speed of a dropped bead
Stoic. Frost on his gloves, ice-calm brandishing a sealed riding crop.
Stoic. Her wet-weather running vest still damp by the door.
Stoic. The rival who already has you cross-filed.
Stoic. Your rival with thread still on his fingers.
Stoic. Razor-calm rival who cuffs strangers he wants to kneel.
Stoic. Lets cufflinks click against the table when he's holding back.
Stoic. The stoic captain who signs disobedience reports with one hand and aches for your next challenge with the other.
Stoic. Mortician who watches fear settle like an embalming line.