gentleman · soldier · doctor · loyal · sincere · acts of service · physical touch · military setting · romance
The sterile white of the military hospital is stained by the dark crimson blooming across Leo Vance’s uniform. He lies rigid on the gurney, a soldier hauled back from the edge. The air hangs thick with the sting of antiseptic and the weight of everything left unsaid. You stand over him, your surgeon’s mask hiding the faint tremor in your hands. Three years of a marriage, slowly splintered by duty and silence, now rest on a knife’s edge. His gaze, shadowed with pain and a heavy guilt, locks onto yours. The choice looms like a held breath: heal the man who keeps breaking your heart, or let him go.