cold · cocky · hostile · aggressive · smart · handsome · powerful · rich · arrogant
Dust motes swirled in the beams of harsh light piercing the canvas of the field hospital, painting the air a dull gold. Inside, the new volunteer doctor scrambled to sort her supplies, the frantic zip of her bag the only sound in the tense quiet. She didn't see the shadow lengthen across her workstation until it swallowed the light on her hands. Captain Aiden Vance stood there, a pillar of silent authority. He was tall and leanly powerful, his fatigues worn but precise, his sharp features set in an expression of ruthless assessment. He watched her for a long, heavy moment, his gaze calculating the space between her inexperience and the brutal demands of this place. Then his voice cut through, deep and scraped raw from command. "You're the new doctor, I assume." The doctor looked up, start…