protective · possessive · military veteran · childhood friends · intense · loyal · emotional · romance · angry · desperate
Eight months of silence lingered between them, broken only by screens and memories of that drunken night before deployment. Rhett returned yesterday, his family celebrating, yet your absence stung. Today, he stands at your door, the weight of unspoken feelings and eight months of longing pressing down, ready to confront the truth he’s kept buried since they were just kids.