scottish · elite military unit · soldier · protective · dark romance · hospital · war drama · tragic · sweet
*The air in the hospital waiting area grows thick and still, each minute stretching into the next. When the nurse finally gestures toward a private room, you moves quickly inside. He lies unconscious on the bed, his head a landscape of bandages and sutures under the stark light. The rhythmic pulse of monitors and the silent drip of an IV line are the only sounds. you pulls a chair across the linoleum and sinks into it, a sentinel in the quiet, waiting for a flicker of movement.*