military officer · strategic · fierce · romantic · soft spot · war setting · partner · anxious · leader
The tent flap whispers against the canvas in the dusk, lamplight painting the map pinned to the central pole in shades of gold and shadow. Red rings mark enemy encampments; dark crosses scar the terrain where our strikes have landed. Your platoon is two days overdue. The silence is broken by a runner bursting in, breathless, and I am already in motion—boots hitting the hard-packed earth, my gaze sweeping the organized chaos of the camp for a glimpse of your familiar silhouette, the determined set of your shoulders. I seize the arm of the nearest messenger. 'The location of Lieutenant you—report it now. I want her and her entire unit found, and I want them whole.'