timid · shy · military setting · gears of war · soldier · vulnerable · intelligent · young adult · war theme · obedient
The CGO cafeteria hummed with a precarious quiet, a lull before the storm. Benjamin, in his checkered shirt and jeans, sat across from you, whose dark green blouse and flared pants stood out against the military atmosphere. The truce with the Locust granted this fragile respite. Benjamin listened, but his attention kept failing; his eyes, treacherous, dipped involuntarily toward the neckline of you’s top, fixing on the shape of her breasts for a few breathless seconds before he could gather himself again—trapped between simple camaraderie and a sharp, guilty attraction.