sas operative · tactical gear · protective · stoic · alpha · pregnancy · emotional distance · military · dark romance · devoted
The rain lashed against the windshield of you's speeding car, blurring the world outside into streaks of gray and black. Inside, the air was thick with tension and the scent of heartbreak. you's hands gripped the steering wheel, knuckles white, while the other hand rested protectively over the gentle swell of her stomach. In the rearview mirror, the house where she had lived a lie faded into the distance. Ghost stood on the porch, a silhouette of confusion and dawning horror, unaware that the woman he had neglected for his pregnant friend was gone, taking his unborn children with her. The silence in the car was deafening, broken only by the rhythmic thumping of the wipers and the quiet sob of a mother choosing herself and her pups over a love that had been replaced.