Lieutenant Barnes.

Caleb Barnes. 29. Straight. Southern Gentleman. Veteran Lieutenant to the U.S Marine Corps. Dating Resident Badass Eloise Davenport.

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jaidelacroix:

“Guess what, Marine? Ya’ ain’t out on the field right, so you can stop pretendin’ that ya’ are this dangerous weapon.” Jai spat, still only seeing rage. “Now, get the fuck away from my beds.” 

“I don’t need to pretend. I am a dangerous weapon. Wouldn’t have made it in the Marines, otherwise.” His lips twitched up into a small, knowing smirk. He knew without a doubt he could render this man useless, but it really wasn’t worth it. He wasn’t really a man if he was crying over flowers. “You couldn’t catch me in your beds.” Cal laughed to himself, shaking his head as he walked away. “See ya ‘round, garden gnome.”

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jaidelacroix:

Jai glared at Caleb, knowing that the other man was stronger, but Jai was angry and that anger almost blinded him. “Ya’ call that a job? That’s murder, plain and simple. Can’t see what Eloise sees in ya’, all I see is a pathetic man child.” 

“Yes. I call the United States Marine core a job. Protecting scum like you from shit you would never want to see. Shit you would never be able to stomach.” Caleb scoffed. “I guess it’s a good thing your opinion doesn’t matter to anyone. Least of all, Eloise.”

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dakotakiernan:

“I have a feeling that if we had a meeting like that I’d be the one thrown out of the high rise window,” she answered, “I’m not exactly the most liked person in the office right now.” She laughed, “It was a little funny, but also not given that I bruise like a peach.”

“I doubt that. You’re probably one of their most needed employees.” He pursed his lips, tilting his head a little. “Why’s that? Did something happen?” He smirked, shaking his head in amusement. “Gotta toughen up, Kiernan.”

[ltcaleb-barnes]

Caleb had anticipated he would want to get another hit in, and so he didn’t attempt to block it. He seemed angrier than Caleb and so he allowed it. One last hit. He spit out the blood in his mouth and brought his arm back, throwing a punch squarely to his jaw. “You ever try to touch me again, and I’ll break your damn arms.” He brought his foot down on a few more flowers. “And then I’ll break your hands.”

[jaidelacroix]

Jai took a step back at the punch, it hitting him square in the jaw and throwing him off balance. With a glare in Caleb’s direction, he spit the blood from his mouth and took a step forward until he was face to face with Caleb, his eyes alive with rage. “I’ll say this one last time. Get the fuck away from my flowers.”

[ltcaleb-barnes]

Cal couldn’t hold back the twitch of his lips into a smirk. “Didn’t you already learn? I could kill you. Easily. With no problem. None at all. Wouldn’t even think twice about it. It’s part of my job.” He shrugged his shoulders. “So, I’ll say this one last time. I don’t give a fuck. What. You. Want.”

[ltcaleb-barnes]

“I don’t know you. So, I don’t need to share.”

[ltcaleb-barnes]

“However, I’m not drunk. Not yet, anyway.”

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He made a sort of humming sound in the back of his throat. “I suppose it all depends on who you ask. Whether I’m a hero or not.” He shrugged his shoulders, following beside her. “Tell me about your week.” He led her to his car, opening the door for her.

[dakotakiernan-deactivated202402]

“I’ll make a survey,” she joked in response, waving goodbye to a few coworkers and quickly walking out before someone asked for something that made her stay back. “Meetings. Lots of them. Finances and projections and quarterly earnings,,” she said, boring herself thinking about them. “I almost fell asleep in one,” she said, amused, “but one of the interns kicked me under the table.”

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“Of course you will.” He chuckled softly, shaking his head. He listened closely to her, wriggling his nose at the idea. “That sounds horrible. I mean, my meetings were not that boring. Mostly because we were either making plans to go kill someone or rescue villagers or both.” He smiled down at her. “That would have been funny.”

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jaidelacroix:

Jai fell away, quickly getting to his feet as he glared at Caleb. “Get the fuck away from my flowers. Stay the fuck away from me!” He growled, straightening his shirt as he moved to walk away before he suddenly turned, punching Caleb square in the face. “Now leave me the fuck alone!”

Caleb had anticipated he would want to get another hit in, and so he didn’t attempt to block it. He seemed angrier than Caleb and so he allowed it. One last hit. He spit out the blood in his mouth and brought his arm back, throwing a punch squarely to his jaw. “You ever try to touch me again, and I’ll break your damn arms.” He brought his foot down on a few more flowers. “And then I’ll break your hands.”

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jaidelacroix:

As much as Jai wanted to keep fighting back, to beat this man for daring to cross his line again, Jai realized through the anger that Caleb was a much better fighter than him. Huffing out in anger, Jai finally tapped Caleb’s arm signaling that he should let go. 

Finally getting the answer he had been waiting for, he removed his arms from around Jai’s neck and took a step back, standing up straight. “Those will be the first and last punches you ever land on me. Understand?”

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eloise-davenport:

His words caught her off guard, but she didn’t know why. Did she really expect him to be able to even look at her without hating her guts? “I’m here to take you home of course, like I said. You’re not a day drinker and you could use a shower and shave. Please, don’t be difficult.” Her voice was ladened with concern as she fought every impulse she had to just wrap her arms around him and tell him how everything would work out just fine. Of course, she knew she shouldn’t unless she wanted him to knock her into the nearest table, but she would deserve that too. 

“You’re not taking me anywhere. Not now, not ever.” He scoffed, waiting for his next round. “You don’t know a damn thing about me. Don’t try and pretend to care. You did enough of that for months. No need now.” He clenched his jaw a little. “So, fuck off.”

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mackenziehuges:

“I was protecting her from this stupid fucking life!” She shouted, her voice rising. “Everything effects her. I could sneeze wrong and she could get punished. Or some sick fuck could come through and decide to want to see her bleed. No matter what you think, I’m not always protecting her from myself.” Didn’t he see how much was out of her control when it came to keeping her sister safe? His words felt like a punch to the gut and Mackenzie suddenly got quiet, taking a step back as she staggered backwards. It wasn’t fair if she was going to lose him. “Are you even listening to yourself? You think I wanted to sabotage your relationship or something? Yes, it drives me crazy that you are dating her, can’t you see how she treats all of the slaves, Caleb? But I’m not so fucking spiteful that I’m going to try and get in between you. God, just listen to yourself, Caleb!” There was a reason she hadn’t been talking to him that much lately, and yes it was because of Eloise, but it was because she didn’t trust herself not to say something about the relationship, and that was Caleb’s business, no matter how fucked up it seemed to her. 

“Look how well that’s turning out!” He growled under his breath. “And what do you expect from me? To be her personal bodyguard? I can’t be with her 24/7, 365 days a year. I told you I would talk to her and you still jumped down my throat. No one can win anything with you because you swear you’re right all the time.” He shook his head, rolling his eyes. His voice got louder. “You think I don’t know what she does? Do you think I’m an idiot? Who am I to judge anyone? Who are you? Hm? She wasn’t that person with me. She was better with me.” He threw his hands up in frustration. “I don’t know with you anymore!”

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jaidelacroix:

Finally the man fought back, but Jai was too angry to really notice that Caleb really knew how to fight. He did notice however when he started to block his punches instead of letting them happen. He got one last good punch right to the face before Caleb had him in a hold. “Let me go!” He roared, struggling to get out of the hold. “Let me go!”

Cal flexed his arms, tightening his grip. “Stop struggling. Now.” He pressed his foot into the back of his knee, forcing him down to ground, gaining more leverage. “I’m going to tell you one more time. Stop struggling, or I’m going to drop your ass to the ground.”

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mr-croft:

“What look? There was no look. Would you like another?”

“From you? No. I’d rather not be poisoned.” He gestured to the hot female bartender. “Her, though. Her I will accept another drink from.”

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eloise-davenport:

Eloise couldn’t help but look at Caleb with sad eyes. According to the bartender, he was a regular here. “But it’s not even noon here. Why don’t I take you home?” Talking to him was the last thing she needed to do, but she couldn’t help herself. Eloise had to see him. 

“I think I’ll pass.” He didn’t bother to look at her. He knew who it was without even bothering to turn his head. “What are you doing here, hm? Come to push the knife in deeper.”

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rachelslavemartin:

“Well…yes it is. But this look is more of a why aren’t you sharing look.”

“Because you didn’t ask for any.”

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jaidelacroix:

Jai could only see red. This man was the bane of his existence. He had only pissed him off, pushing him towards his edge. First he rubbed Eloise in his face, showing that he had the woman who broke him, the woman who had twisted him. “Get the fuck out of here!” He shouted, his hand coming up to punch Caleb once more, his knee coming up to kick him in the stomach. “This is my property! I own that, now get the fuck away from here.” He spat, his eyes angry. “Eloise can go fuck herself.” 

Caleb had had enough. He wasn’t going to let some gutter rat use him as a punching bag. He finally started to defend himself. He blocked the punches with his hands and using his knee to block the mans’ attempt to get him in the stomach. He brought his own hands up to wrap around the man’s neck, willing to put him to sleep. “I let you hit me, and now it’s done. You continue to struggle, I’ll put you to sleep and leave you here on the ground.” He tightened his grip, just to prove a point.

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“Don’t give me that look. It’s 5 o’clock somewhere.”