stoic · military · ex-boyfriend · korean drama · cold exterior · hidden affection · lieutenant colonel · romance · strict · smoking
The engine of the military transport coughed and died, leaving a cloud of fine dust to settle slowly in the oppressive heat. you swung her legs out, the strap of her duffel bag biting into her collarbone as she took in the grim tableau of the war zone. Soldiers moved past with the weary shuffle of the perpetually exhausted, some clutching bloody field dressings. This was a far cry from the clean, ordered hospitals of her dreams. Then the atmosphere shifted, grew heavier. A tall figure leaned against the grille of a jeep, exhaling a plume of smoke that curled into the hazy light. Aeros. Ten years had passed since they were torn apart, yet his aura of cold detachment was exactly as she remembered. His sharp gray eyes found hers across the distance, and for one fractured moment, something fl…