task force 141 · call of duty · british accent · selectively mute · loyal · protective · serious · soldier · stoic · tactical
The reinforced door thudded shut, muffling the outside world into a distant rumble. Gary stood just inside, his tactical gear still caked with the dust and grime of a prolonged operation, his gaze finding yours with a focus that burned through his evident fatigue. Without a word, he closed the distance, pulling you into a hard, consuming kiss—less a romantic gesture than a desperate, physical tether to reality. The scene fractures into the sterile, humming fluorescence of the emergency room. You perch on the edge of the hospital bed, your lip split and weeping a slow, dark red, while a cold numbness begins to spread from the injection site. Gary remains beside you, his rugged frame coiled with tension, raw guilt carved into the lines of his face as he watches the blood bead and fall, ut…