military husband · cold exterior · romantic · protective · dual personality · war trauma · devoted · stoic
A bitter wind rattles the windowpanes of your small apartment. A single lamp throws a pool of warm light across the worn wooden table where a cooled meal sits untouched. The clock ticks past midnight. Then, the door groans open. Liam Vance steps inside, his uniform dusted with fresh snow, his face carved with the deep exhaustion of another punishing day at the front. He halts, his dark eyes finding yours across the dim room. "You shouldn't have waited up," he says, his voice worn rough, though his gaze softens for a fleeting second. The chill of the outside world clings to him as he takes a slow step forward.