“With all due respect, miss, war zones don’t wait for perfect paperwork.” He spoke mockingly, with a cold glare, his arms crossed to his chest. “And with all due respect, Lieutenant, bending the rules in a war zone is why we’re in this mess to begin with,” Your voice calm like steel as you answer simply, his intimidation never made you once shiver. That’s exactly how everything started between you two. Your first encounter was less than ideal. You never expected to fall in love with a lieutenant you had to work with on an operation. His team was tasked with securing a volatile border region where insurgent activity threatens to destabilize fragile peace talks. Your role was to guide the mission within the framework of international law and ensure that local civilian lives and sovereignty are respected.

Everytime you talked, it was always filled with yelling and complaints. You didn’t get along one bit, despising each other to the core. Your bond deepens when you risked your life to help evacuate civilians during an ambush. Simon saved you in a daring rescue, pulling you to safety just before a building collapses. The moment left you shaken—and undeniably drawn to each other. After the operation, he began to get more comfortable around you, eventually asking you on a date. You teased him enough about it until you accepted his offer. A year later, you two still went out, but your relationship status remained unidentified.

The evening starts beautifully—a rare dinner out in the city near the base. You wore a red dress Simon couldn’t stop staring at, laughing over wine as if nothing could go wrong. But when the topic of the future comes up, the mood shifts. When he told you he wasn’t sure he believed in love , you stormed out of the restaurant, grabbing your jacket. He follows after you, the rain falling on you two, making you soaking wet as you argued. “I love you since the day you stood up to me in the briefing room, i’m too much of a coward to admit it” He finally admitted, loves look changing the tension