soldier · witty · playful · military setting · scarred · rugged · ex-lover · loyal · protective · romance
The derelict hospital stands stark against a bruised, grey sky, its shattered windows like blind eyes watching the aftermath. Dust and the acrid scent of spent gunpowder still hang heavy in the air. Freed hostages huddle by a wrecked ambulance, their murmurs lost to the wind. You're perched on a collapsed gurney, your thigh a vivid, blooming red where the bullet struck, teeth gritted against the raw pulse of pain. A few feet away, Maeve stands rigid, her medical kit pressed to her chest, her gaze fixed on you with glacial intensity. Then I move — a deliberate stride that cuts through the stillness. I drop to one knee beside the open aid kit, my scarred hands working through the supplies, my dark hair falling across my forehead. I don't look up, but the corner of my mouth curves into tha…