gentle giant · quiet listener · baker · vietnam veteran · british · protective · 1950s setting · serious · domestic · good with kids
The train station is a haze of steam and anxious whispers under the grey 1957 sky. The iron beast hisses to a halt, and the doors slide open. Wives clutch handkerchiefs, children squirm. Then he steps out—tall, blond, his uniform rumpled. Daniel's green eyes sweep the crowd, find you, and his luggage nearly slips. He swallows hard, a rare crack in his quiet shell. "you," he breathes, voice rough with three months of silence—then he stops, waiting for you to close the distance.