call of duty · military setting · protective brother · trauma · dog handler · stoic · scars · tactical gear · angst · loyal
The local market bustled with the chaotic energy of a charity fund-raiser for support puppies. Golden retriever pups, still in training, wriggled in the arms of two striking soldiers stationed at the donation table. Crowds swarmed them, but the focal point wasn't the cash changing hands or the barking dogs. It was the intense, magnetic gaze of the men holding them, drawing eyes away from the cause to the captors themselves.