I lit out of there like my ass was on fire. Who the hell did the man think he was? While I was working hard at the clinic, he was here playing perfect husband and father with my family? She couldn’t knit because of the neuropathy in her fingers, and Major Fucking Steadfast had noticed and offered to take over to relieve her burdens. I realized the reason I hadn’t seen her with knitting in a while. “He’s really terrible at it.”Īnd that’s when the dam broke. I could still pick out the patterns and the yarn, but he’d be the one to knit them.” She chuckled. “Yeah, I don’t know, but when I realized I wouldn’t be able to finish the Christmas stockings I wanted to make for everyone, he offered to take over and be my fingers. “Knitting? The major?” I couldn’t picture it. He still had his usual calm demeanor even though Billy’s face was guilty as hell. “He asked me to teach him how to knit,” she said, turning back to the window where Major was now half-sodden with water from the hose. Plus, the cancer was responding well to treatment. And suddenly I can’t imagine my life any other way.“They’re not losing you, so just stop.” I refused to consider it. All this time he’s been standing in the sidelines, waiting patiently to hand over his heart into my safekeeping.Įven though I never imagined building a future with another man, seeing Major in this new light is a revelation.
I soon realize that at every step of my life, Major has been there, by my side, putting me first. It’s no surprise when, years later, an unexpected illness turns my life upside down, he’s the first person I turn to for help.Īnd, as always, he drops everything to rescue me. Over time, our connection continues to grow. He’s the only reason I make it home alive.įor some, a friendship like ours might have ended once we left the jungle behind, but life without Major Marian isn’t an option.
He’s tough, brave, and quiet, and he vows to keep me safe. When I wind up on the front lines in Vietnam young and afraid, it’s Major Marian who comes to my rescue. When our tours finally end, and we go our separate ways, Doc heads home to his perfect family while I continue to serve.
He’s straight, with family back in Texas, and I could kiss my career goodbye if anyone in the Army discovered my secret. A night alone in the jungle after a helicopter crash forces us to rely on each other for survival, the secrets we share cementing a bond between us deeper than any I’ve ever known.ĭoc begins to play a starring role in my late night fantasies even though he can never be anything more than a friend, a brother-in-arms. It wasn’t long before my fellow soldiers became family, giving purpose to my time in Vietnam.īut everything changes when Doc Wilde joins my medevac crew. After running away at the age of seventeen, I found a home in the Army.
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