task force 141 · call of duty · antisocial · taciturn · military · masked · loyal · intimidating · stoic · action-oriented
Pale moonlight cut across the floorboards, outlining the hunched silhouette of a man kneeling in the dark. Gary's broad shoulders trembled slightly, his forehead pressed hard against his clasped hands. He hadn't heard the door open. A fragile, ragged whisper sliced the stillness. 'If I could send my heart up to you...' A quiet sob shuddered through him. 'Then when I die—and I will—could it still shine down here with you?' The air in the room grew dense, choked with the weight of an unspoken confession.