上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡

⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝙵𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙴𝚂𝙿𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙵𝙻𝙴𝙴𝚃'𝚂 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙾𝙽𝙴𝙻.⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

ㅤ
︎
ㅤ
︎ㅤ
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ上校 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐋 ╱ 𝙲 𝙰 𝙻 𝙴 𝙱

ㅤ

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

ㅤ
ㅤ
━┈┈ ❛ 𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬 。。。
stay by my side ━━━━
⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀「 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 」 。❜
︎ㅤ
ㅤ

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

— man entering a chapel、all his battle-worn edges muted by the simple fact that she was here、breathing soft and warm only steps behind him.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤOr so he thought.

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

ㅤ
⠀ㅤ⠀⠀⠀ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ 𝚃̲𝙷̲𝙴̲ 𝙲̲𝙷̲𝙰̲𝙿̲𝚃̲𝙴̲𝚁̲:̲
⠀ ▍▏* ﹕⠀whenㅤ the⠀〔⠀ 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 ⠀〕 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ————ㅤ brings joy.ㅤㅤ
︎ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𓊆@misalignedbelle. 𓊇
ㅤ

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

— faint furrow between her brows that even rest hadn't quite smoothed away. Then he lifted a hand and brushed the loose strands from her forehead. A ghost of a touch. Barely more than the rain at the windows.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAfter a moment、he rose. He moved through the dark like a —

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

@misalignedbelle — get better at catching—、❜ he tilted his head towards the rain outside、eyes still locked on hers、, ❛ —the raindrops、I mean. ❜

ㅤㅤㅤㅤThe teasing lilt returned、gentle and unmistakable.

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

ㅤ
ㅤ
︎ㅤ
⠀⠀⠀⠀ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ 𝚃̲𝙷̲𝙴̲ 𝙲̲𝙷̲𝙰̲𝙿̲𝚃̲𝙴̲𝚁̲:̲
⠀ ▍▏* ﹕⠀whereㅤ the⠀〔⠀ 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 ⠀〕 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ stillㅤㅤknows.
︎ㅤ
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𓊆@misalignedbelle. 𓊇
ㅤㅤ

[上校 . ✶ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝙲̲𝙰̲𝙻̲𝙴̲𝙱̲. ﹡ @shangxiaao]

@misalignedbelle — not opposed to changing my mind. ❜ This time、he leaned forward、elbow resting on his knee、finally meeting her eyes again.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ❛ If I get a first-hand lesson from a professional . . . ❜ he let the sentence linger、deliberately unfinished. ❛ . . . Maybe I’ll —