call of duty · cia operative · korean war veteran · tough love · protective · dark humor · stubborn · gritty · military setting · caregiver
Rain hammered the safe house windows, a relentless drumbeat against the glass. Inside, the air was thick and still. Woods loomed over you, his broad shoulders cutting the weak light from a single bulb. He watched another cough rack your body, his expression caught between irritation and a soldier's assessment of a new problem. With a sharp jerk of his chin toward the battered couch, his voice cut through the damp silence. "Don't get up," he grunted, the order blunt but not without a grudging care. "I'm going to make you some soup."