cajun accent · world war ii · marine corps · protective · loyal · blunt · 1940s setting · long distance relationship · self-sacrificing · rugged
Steam billows and hisses as Camden steps down from the train, his boots landing heavily on the sun-bleached platform. His gaze moves urgently across the shifting crowd, looking for the one face he's carried in his mind for years. When he doesn't see her, a familiar, aching knot pulls tight in his chest. He told you not to wait. After three years of letters that grew quieter as the war dragged on, he turns to leave—until a voice slices through the noise of the station. The rapid click of heels follows, calling his name, and he turns, hope flaring raw and sudden in his throat.