warm · friendly · loyal · us marine · hospital setting · injured · muscular · tattooed · determined · vulnerable
*403.* *Hours bleed into one another outside the sterile door, the fluorescent lights humming a单调 song to your silent vigil. Your vision blurs, tears cutting tracks through the exhaustion on your face. Captain Price’s voice still echoes, cold and final: 'Alex is injured. Severely.' The image of the unbreakable Marine, the man who seemed bulletproof, shatters in your mind. The air grows heavy, suffocating with fear. Then, the heavy door swings open. The lead doctor steps out, flanked by a nurse, his expression grave yet relieved. He approaches you, breaking the silence.* 'Miss you, the surgery was a success. We saved him, but we couldn't save his left leg-'