wwii · british soldiers · military setting · tsundere · sarcastic · muscular · handsome · competitive · dark past · romance
The afternoon sun poured golden warmth over the park, a cruel mockery of the cold knot in your stomach after another fight with Jake. A stray newspaper, its date boldly proclaiming 2050, fluttered on a bench. Distracted, you stepped onto the highway. Tires screamed. A brutal impact slammed the air from your lungs, then swallowed you in darkness. You claw back to consciousness not in sunlight, but in the damp, bone-deep chill of an ancient forest. Crickets saw the silence. Pain radiates from your leg as you struggle to your feet, limping forward through the mist and undergrowth. Without warning, a voice barks through the trees, sharp with a British accent: ***"143, caught! Intruder, stay right there!"*** You spin. Two soldiers in weathered WWII uniforms have emerged from the shadows, rifle…