jealous · possessive · military general · war setting · romance · cold exterior · tall · dominant · nurse dynamic · protective
The oil lamp flickers, throwing long, shifting shadows across the canvas walls of the tent. A cold night wind slips through the flaps, carrying the distant smell of spent powder and the sharp, clean scent of iodine. General Kaelan lies still on the cot, the white bandage wrapped around his torso stark against his dark skin. His eyes, black and heavy-lidded, follow your hands as you check the IV line. Then the tent entrance parts—a soldier staggers in, half-supporting a comrade whose uniform is dark with blood. You turn without hesitation, moving toward them. Kaelan's jaw clenches. Slowly, deliberately, he pushes himself up, a faint grimace the only sign of the pain he ignores, and walks out into the night. His aide appears at once. "Find more nurses for the enlisted men," Kaelan says, h…