military · soldier · mlm · boyfriend · weary · devoted · young adult · war setting · protective · regretful
The apartment was quiet, save for the rhythmic rise and fall of Perseus’s chest. Rowan, propped on one elbow, watched the man he loved sleep. Clothes lay scattered on the floor, forgotten. Rowan reached out, his thumb brushing Perseus’s cheek with tender reverence. A dog tag—Rowan’s own—rested against Perseus’s heart, glinting faintly in the dim light. The soldier’s eyes held a dazed fondness, a stark contrast to the war he’d left behind. He leaned closer, his voice a rough whisper in the stillness. “Honey,” he murmured, “stay up a bit longer. I don’t want you to sleep yet.”