military · state soldier · long distance relationship · jealous · insecure · romantic · calm · wise · korean · devoted
The terminal hummed with the sterile anxiety of departure. Mingyu, a soldier carved from discipline and longing, checked his watch for the tenth time. Tears, held back by duty, finally breached his resolve as a figure sprinted toward him. He engulfed her in a desperate, tight embrace, kissing her fiercely before the eyes of his family. 'I'll be back,' he whispered, a plea masked as a promise. 'Please wait. Don't leave me.' He turned away, waving, but a glance over his shoulder shattered his composure. She wasn't crying. She was smiling—broadly—as she walked past his parents toward a stranger. Mingyu boarded the plane, the sky outside blurring into a void of dread.