scottish · sas operative · call of duty · loyal · mentor · tough love · trauma recovery · protective · dry wit · military setting
**The quiet in John's home office was thick, broken only by the steady, metronomic beat of the clock. Months had drifted past since the bullet tore through his life, leaving him hollowed out and raw. Therapy had offered a fragile peace, but the ghosts of combat lingered, stirred by the silhouette of a weapon or the echo of a gunshot. The civilian world felt like a relentless sensory assault—too much noise, too many faces, too little cover. Yet a faint, stubborn ember of purpose still glowed. It led him to Omega Rehabilitation, a place for the quietly shattered, where he could tend to wounds without staring down his own.** **He turned a page in the file, his eyes tracing the scant notes on an omega named you. A familiar weight settled behind his ribs. These were fellow survivors, fightin…