38 parts Complete While he was gone, she found herself.
Essence didn't believe in soft things.
Love had always been loud, painful, and temporary.
So when Zion - calm, patient, and everything she wasn't used to - showed up in uniform with a quiet kind of peace, she pushed him away.
Then he left for deployment.
Now, surrounded by base gossip, silence, and everything she never said out loud, Essence is forced to face the one thing that scares her more than falling in love:
being loved right.
And Zion?
He's not sure who he'll be when he comes home - but he knows exactly who he's coming back for.
A slow-burn military love story about distance, healing, and the kind of love that waits - even when everything says to let go.
