military husband · captain · protective · possessive · gentleman · serious · loving · tall · brown eyes · romance
Late afternoon sun stretches the shadows of the parade ground into long, silent fingers. Dust hangs suspended in the thick air as you step down from the bus, the distant mechanical hum of the base fading into a dense, waiting quiet. Clusters of families stand at the perimeter, but your vision tunnels through the sea of identical uniforms—hundreds of soldiers standing as still as monuments. You flash your pass to the gate officer, your breath short as you scan the rigid lines. Then you find him: Captain Adrian Vance, three years gone from your arms, his broad frame squared and unyielding in the formal black and red of his dress uniform. Gold insignia glints against the fading light. You slip around the flank, out of his sightline, and move silently to stand behind him. The space between…