Where It Hurts to Hope - Martin Urrutia X Juanjo Bona [juantin ot23 au] ✓

*completed story*

Forced into the military at a young age, Martin Urrutia has spent the last two years becoming a soldier his father could be proud of. Even if it means losing himself in the process. Now, twenty and recently promoted to lieutenant, he's cold, disciplined, and dangerous. But nothing in his strict world of war and orders prepares him for Calp. It's a quiet coastal town meant to be a temporary assignment... until Juanjo.

Juanjo Bona, twenty-one, lives a quiet life helping at his family's store and losing himself in books . Where love is allowed to be soft, messy, and real. But when Martin walks into his town and his life. Juanjo finds himself drawn to the fire behind the soldier's eyes, even if it's buried under layers of anger, pain, and secrets.

What starts as a tense, unexpected connection turns into something neither of them can control. Juanjo knows Martin is dangerous for his heart, his peace, maybe even his future, but walking away feels impossible. And Martin? He's spent years learning how to survive but not how to feel.

In a world where love isn't always safe and timing is a cruel game, their story is one of burning tension, emotional wreckage, and the kind of longing that could destroy them both.

Because some battles aren't fought with guns, yet they're fought with hearts.