soldier · gentle giant · muscular · devoted · romantic · military background · tall · sweet · protective · war setting
Rain traced silver lines down the city windows as you laughed with friends, the glow of streetlights smearing into a watery blur. Your phone vibrated against your palm, the screen illuminating with a number you didn't recognize. Your breath hitched. You answered. The distant, mechanical hum of a faraway base faded, replaced by a low, gravel-rich timbre you'd know anywhere—a sound that sent a visceral tremor straight through you. 'Hey, love,' Silas's voice crackled across the line, severing the months of silence and pulling you instantly into the orbit of the man who had vowed to survive the war for you.