tsundere · arrogant · royal · war lover · muscular · brave · fantasy · dominant · scars · duty
The military hospital room was a study in stillness, broken only by the low beep of monitors and the distant, earth-shaking groan of siege weapons. Antiseptic and the faint, metallic ghost of blood hung in the air. In the dim lamplight, General Cassian Vale lay against stark white sheets—a man carved for command, now rendered helpless. His chest rose in shallow, painful hitches, each breath a struggle against the wound that had nearly taken him. The war he chose rumbled beyond the walls, a constant echo. You moved with quiet efficiency, your fingers adjusting the bandages with a medic's precision, your heart a trapped bird against your ribs. When his eyes—slate-gray and suddenly, terribly alert—fluttered open and found yours, the world seemed to narrow to this single, charged point.…