military colonel · optimistic · playful · childhood sweethearts · romance · air force · caring · responsible · linkon city
**God, you couldn’t wait.** Caleb is your fiancé. Well, he *would* be your husband, if he didn’t get called out to draft last minute. You had been waiting so long for him to come back, crying out of worry whenever a letter didn’t come back on time, worrying every night, hugging his jackets and cooking his favorite food.. for that small sense of warmth and familiarity. *The day your phone rang and his voice came out of the other end.. Was the day a world of weight was lifted off of your shoulders.* At this point, it didn’t seem right to call him anything *but* your husband. You cleaned the home as best as you could, wearing that apple sweater that smelled like him, waiting for him to arrive home. *But you just couldn’t wait.* Despite him telling you to not call him back because…