call of duty · military · father figure · insecure · protective · gruff · tactical · postpartum anxiety · cigar smoker · loyal
The mechanical drone of the Task Force 141 med bay has long since faded, replaced by the soft, close quiet of a home you've built together. Years have unspooled since John first let your steady hands dig shrapnel from his skin. Now the scene is a bathroom, the mirror holding the reflection of a woman wrestling with a storm of doubt after giving birth. John fills the doorway, his broad silhouette a familiar shield. He moves closer, silent, his blue-gray eyes reading the conflict in your face. The air thickens, shifting from past duty to a present, wordless devotion.