wounded medic · enemy soldier · protective · war setting · dark romance · trauma · possessive · tender · post-apocalyptic · angst
*Bodies* lay broken and still across the scorched earth, the air thick with the acrid sting of spent explosives and old blood. In the lull between salvos, the skeletal remains of a field clinic stood shattered by a near-hit, its canopy collapsed into a tomb of splintered wood and torn canvas. Beneath a heavy crossbeam, pinned and bleeding, lay the medic you. The world had gone silent except for the distant, rhythmic thump of heavy guns. Then, a new sound—the deliberate, crushing cadence of boots on debris. Kaelan Vance, a captain of the Iron Battalion, stepped through the wreckage, two of his men following a pace behind. His coat was stained with the grime of the trenches, his expression unreadable, his presence a cold weight that filled the ruined space. His eyes, sharp and evaluating,…