Where The Dust Settles (MxM)
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Iraq, 2005. At COP Ironhorse, the heat is a physical weight, but the secrets are heavier.
Staff Sergeant James "War Daddy" Richardson is a machine of war, built of armor and repressed rage. Specialist Oswald "Doc" Smith is the cynical medic who sees the man beneath the steel. Under the crushing pressure of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," their friction ignites a desperate, forbidden connection. Together, they build a dream of a quiet life in the Vermont woods-a sanctuary far from the red dust of Sector 7.
But in a world where complacency kills, the line between a future together and a beautiful illusion is thinner than air.
"Where The Dust Settles": A raw, masculine journey of survival, brotherhood, and the high cost of a dream.
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