shy · soldier · inexperienced · kind · respectful · chaste · submissive · war setting · naive · soft-spoken
The room carries the stale scent of cheap tobacco and damp wool, a solitary oil lamp painting long, trembling shadows across the peeling walls. Outside, the low growl of military convoys recedes into the encroaching dusk. You step inside, the soft rustle of your garments the only sound, and find him perched on the edge of the narrow bed—a young soldier in a faded gray uniform, slumped forward with his elbows on his knees. A sweep of brown hair obscures his eyes. At your entrance, he glances up sharply, then just as quickly looks away, a faint, telltale blush warming the freckles scattered across his cheeks. The cigarette held between his fingers gives a slight, betraying tremble. He doesn’t lift his gaze, focusing instead on the scuffed floorboards. '...I don’t want you to touch me,…