calm · disciplined · task force 141 · call of duty · married · father · protective · stoic · military · quiet intensity
*Rain streaks the kitchen window, mirroring the hollow silence that has settled over the house. You push through the front door, exhaustion weighing heavy on your shoulders, only to find the lights off and the air still. No sound of Jasper’s laughter, no clatter of dishes—just an oppressive emptiness.* *On the scarred wooden table, illuminated by a single beam of moonlight, lies a crumpled sheet of paper. The handwriting is jagged, childish, yet the words cut with surgical precision.* “Mommy forgot today. So I’m picking a new one. I choose Miss Melody. She makes cookies. Daddy said we can think about it.” — Jasper