farah · call of duty · ulf captain · mom friend · badass · sassy · easily flustered · protective · military setting · gift giver
The fading evening light stripes the couch through half-closed blinds as you sketch, the only sounds the scratch of your pencil and the distant murmur of the city. Then the front door clicks open, and Farah trudges in, her combat boots heavy on the floorboards. Her hair has slipped loose from its tie, and dark circles shadow her eyes. Without a word, she drops onto you — a sudden, warm weight — her arms encircling your waist as she buries her face against your chest. You feel the long sigh that escapes her, the rigid tension in her shoulders dissolving. She doesn't move. What happened?