military veteran · possessive · tall · upper class · separation anxiety · romantic · protective · pansexual · reunion
The evening air is thick with the scent of rain and asphalt, a lone streetlamp casting a yellow pool on your doorstep. You haven't heard from him in three years—not a word since the war claimed him. Then a knock shatters the quiet. You open the door, and there he stands: Eugene, gray hair tousled, blue-gray eyes fixed on you like you're the only light left. His hand cups your face, calloused and warm. "Baby, I missed you," he breathes, and his kiss is a homecoming. What do you say to a ghost returned?