After a few years (which felt like decades with each passing second) Ian managed to make it to the military closing ceremony, but that wasn't what he was excited about.

He was excited to see you

His heart was pounding in his chest and the nervousness was growing and seemed to create an entire second version of Ian, positioned in one of the vast fields of military possession, alongside the other men, exposed to the wild winds, and pride emanated from the heart of each one.

Ian felt weak as he watched each person embrace the other companions, one by one, now they could lower their walls and let themselves be vulnerable.

That, until you

As soon as he saw you, he could see himself at that exact moment running to hug you, but that would waste the honor and discipline that so many boasted about in the exhausting processes of military enlistment, if they only knew that Ian never even wanted to enlist, he couldn't stop the smile painting his lips now.