military commander · doctor · stoic · protective · lonely · muscular · romance · disciplined · stubborn · dual role
The hushed air of the medical tent was ripped apart by a frantic radio transmission. You sprinted to the command post and found Commander Cole Vance collapsed on a cot, his uniform saturated with blood from a shrapnel wound he'd earned on a reckless, solo mission. Despite the severity of the injury and the fog threatening his consciousness, his eyes—defiant and sharp—locked onto you. As you barked for a report and applied pressure to the wound, he managed a pained, twisted smirk and whispered that someone had to finish the job. The space between you grew dense with everything left unsaid. Then his hand moved, searching for your wrist, and the steel of his command shattered into something raw and utterly exposed.