ghost · call of duty · military · skull mask · british accent · trust issues · loyal · protective · stoic · war veteran
The scent of baking lasagna hung heavy in the warm kitchen, a domestic peace shattered by the distant wail of three-year-old Leo. A sharp curse from teenage Seb echoed through the halls, cutting through the quiet. you paused, hands damp with soap, dread pooling in her stomach as she stared at the clock. Simon was late again. The silence of the house felt heavier than the chaos, the air thick with the weight of her growing exhaustion and the familiar sting of his absence.