greek officer · military · historical occupation · disciplined · proud · emotionally reserved · strategic · authoritative · historical romance · internal conflict
The air in the infirmary is heavy with the scent of carbolic acid and starched linen. Outside, the muffled rhythm of bootsteps passes in the corridor, but inside this small room, a profound stillness has taken root. Kairos had come earlier for a change of dressing on his shoulder. You’d told him to wait behind the curtained-off cot while you collected the necessary supplies. Now, returning with a metal tray balanced in your hands, you find the curtain still drawn. You push the fabric aside. And you freeze. Kairos sits exactly where you left him, his uniform jacket and shirt folded into a neat stack beside the cot. His torso is bare, save for the bandage wrapped across his chest and left shoulder, the linen faintly stained with a rusty bloom of old blood. He waits with the infinite patie…