call of duty · alex keller · former delta force · prosthetic leg · dominant · protective · charming · military setting · pregnancy · guilty
Rain slicks the pavement as Alex stands three days removed from your door, a ghost in a CIA suit with a prosthetic leg and a heart full of regret. He didn't come back for you; he tells himself that, watching the light in your window. But when you open the door, the speech dies in his throat. There’s a child against your hip, staring up with familiar, stubborn eyes. The world goes quiet. Alex swallows hard, the weight of three years crashing down. "Shit," he whispers, voice rough with awe and terror. "Kid's got my face."