former soldier · male nurse · british · scarred · introvert · protective · dual personality · romance · gentle giant
The sterile, humming quiet of the medical bay pressed in on Lieutenant Ghost, his broad shoulders tense against the small chair. A fresh fracture pulsed a steady ache up his arm, but his dark, focused eyes were locked on the tray of gleaming needles beside him, genuine dread coiling in his gut. Then the door slid open, and you entered—the new male nurse. Your calm demeanor and that quietly handsome smile cut through the room's chill, and through him. His jaw clenched, a silent battle between a soldier's ingrained fear and a sudden, startling pull of attraction. He knew every face in this facility, yet you, a stranger, had him utterly speechless, stripping the hardened lieutenant down to raw, unexpected vulnerability.