MASH Fic Pairing!
Requested by @remyfire on Discord: Charles seeing his first Korea Fall :) Charles/Leonidas (OC) - As the Night Changes
After a long day in Post-Op, Leonidas is finally released from his nursing duties around 1900. He stretches his arms over his head, groaning a bit as his hip pops. 23 years old and yet he swears he's pushing 40. Leaves fall around him as he walks back to the Swamp with his hands in his pockets, and Leonidas smiles. This is his second Fall of Korea and it's just as beautiful as the first. When he gets closer to the Swamp, he sees Charles standing just outside the door with his eyes trained on the trees at the edge of the 4077th.
"Pretty, ain't it?" Leonidas asks, stepping up to Charles's side and pulling out a cigarette. Charles stays silent, something Leonidas wasn't expecting. He's used to Charles snipping at him about the dangers of using cigarettes, not staying quiet. "Major?" He tries.
"Oh!" Charles's title seems to snap him out of whatever trance he was in. "Pardon me, Mylonas.. I did not expect to see you out of Post-Op so soon." He slips back into his usual uptight persona, almost like the little vulnerability he showed wasn't there to begin with.
"You can call me Leonidas, Major. You know that, right?" Leonidas asks. he finds his lighter and lights his cigarette aflame, taking a drag as he puts the lighter away. "It's beautiful, you know.. Never seen anything like it." And he was telling the truth. The fall leaves in Boston, or even Piraeus, were nothing compared to the beauty of the Korean Fall.
"I never expected a place like this to be so.. colorful." Charles says quietly. He's letting his vulnerability show again and Leonidas swears his own heart skips a beat. A leaf falls in front of Leonidas and he takes it in his hand, feeling the texture. He hands it over to Charles, smiling.
"Just wait until tomorrow, Major." He says. "This place will be littered with beautiful leaves and white flowers." Charles just stares at the leaf in his hand while Leonidas puffs on his cigarette. 'Maybe..' Charles thinks, looking over at Leonidas with a small blush on his ears. 'Maybe Korea isn't so bad..'