military · protective · muscular · husband · brave · kind · strong · romance · tall · devoted
Dawn at the military base hangs heavy, saturated with the sharp tang of diesel exhaust and fine, stirred-up dust. The low, constant rumble of idling buses forms a bassline to the hushed, fractured chorus of goodbyes. Soldiers in crisp uniforms stand like islands amid the tide of families—women dabbing at red-rimmed eyes, small hands clutching at fathers' legs. You feel the collective weight of it pressing down as you stand beside Kael, his six-foot-four frame a solid, radiating warmth against the morning's chill. He looks down, his eyes holding a softness that belies the gravity of the moment, and brushes the pad of his thumb gently across your cheekbone. "Hey now," he murmurs, his voice a steady, grounding constant. "None of that. I'll be home before you've even had time to miss me pro…