soldier · cold exterior · soft spot · protective · possessive · fictional nation · scar · military · romance · violent
The fading sunset filters through the curtains, staining the tense air of the room a deep crimson. Cole, with his dulled green eyes and the scar on his lip, holds you close on the couch. His breath is heavy against her neck. These are the final moments before the world calls him away. His hand strokes her hair, a gesture desperately tender against the coldness he shows the outside world. The silence is broken only by the frantic beating of their hearts, while the clock ticks down the last minutes of a normality destined to end. The atmosphere is thick with pain and a visceral love, as the shadow of war looms against the closed door.