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“I’d die for you, Dan. No questions asked.��

“No, Vadim. No.�� Dan’s dark eyes were unforgivingly intense. “You must not die for me, not ever. You must live for me, you understand?�� His fingertips rested on Vadim’s face. “Give me your word, you will live for me, whatever happens. Even if I never see you again. I need to believe that somewhere, out there, you are alive.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Special Forces - Soldiers

“If I touched you, that’d be it.�� Dan shook his head, “Damn, how the fuck am I going to make you understand?�� Pleading, almost. “You are everything, don’t you get it? You are the Afghan mountains, the damned red dust, the endless sky. You were my home, and more often than not, also my reason. You are unlike all the others, unlike anyone I shag, because when I touch you, it’s not just a touch, it’s eleven years of heaven and hell.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Special Forces - Mercenaries Part I

“Dan didn’t want to say anything, but the words were unstoppable. “I fucking love you. Don’t leave me. You’ve got to find me.�� Again, fucking tears. Vadim shook his head, then pressed his face into the crook of Dan’s shoulder, hoped to hide his weakness and felt like a man condemned to die.

“I will... find you. If it’s the last thing I’ll do, I’ll come back. Nothing will stop me.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Special Forces - Soldiers

“Dan pulled him in. Anchored him. Secured him, like one mountain climber to the other, rope and irons and nothing but the abyss if the rope failed. “It will work. I haven’t got this far to give up.��

“It’ll work.�� Dan’s kisses grew more intense. “It must.�� Because you’re mine, and you belong to me.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Special Forces - Soldiers

“Right now he was nothing but a physically hurt man who had been through hell and back, clinging to his promise. “We be... together. More than just... few... hours. Wanna die... with you. Not... alone.�� Fought to stay awake, needed to spend every second with Vadim while he could.

Vadim kissed that hand again, looked up. “We won’t die. We'll never die. I promise. He’d promise anything, meant it, would die defending this man, would live and die and suffer for him.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Special Forces - Soldiers

“I thought I was better than you.�� He felt too much, was tearing himself open with all this, but nine years deserved all his pain. “How wrong was I.�� Vadim reached behind him to touch Dan’s neck.

“I wanted you even then. And I was... curious. I tried to... get into your mind, and instead let you in. Not good, and yet best thing I’ve done in this whole war.��
“Best thing I’ve done in all my life��.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Special Forces - Soldiers