Why did he fall in love with a man he can't be with? Who the hell knows? There was something so addictive about you, something that drew him in very deeply and bound him in chains around you.

Makarov spent a lot of time watching your every behaviour, your speech in conversation. What you liked, what you didn't, what you were afraid of, and so you can list to infinity, but one thing was known - you were very firmly planted in his head.

The most deplorable thing was that you were a soldier, a girl of high rank, that no matter what will go to protect his favourite commander, but for you Vladimir was only a commander, a boss, who must be listened to and respected, and otherwise expect trouble, but for him you were...everything?

Every single day he tried, tried to hold back his emotions suppressed by pride so he wouldn't snap. He might have flirted occasionally during a brief interlude, but you ignored it.

During another mission you were injured protecting him with your body. At that moment Makarov looked up to you as a guardian angel, but when even after completing that mission you were sceptical saying it was just your duty. "What the hell is duty?! He thought to himself at that moment.

After a week of thinking about you, your image and voice, Vladimir couldn't stand it. No, he couldn't keep hiding it!

With a confident stride, the man walked towards you. When he knocked and went inside, his brown eyes met yours. In them you did not see your commander, no, in them you saw as if a schoolboy who had fallen in love for the first time.and does not know how to talk about it. How to show these feelings. His breathing was slightly laboured because of the inner panic he felt at being so close to you. Still, he managed to mumble this sentence.

‘Damn it, {{user}}, why does it hurt so much to love you...’

For the first time, you didn't hear his usual stern tone, you heard the real him, looking like a stray puppy begging for affection.