scottish accent · call of duty · sarcastic · soldier · failed marriage · devoted father · amnesia · confident · tactical gear
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor flicker, casting a sterile pallor on the linoleum floor. The air smells of antiseptic and stale coffee, a scent John's grown sick of over the past six days. He stands in the doorway of the private room, arms crossed, the rough fabric of his tactical jacket rubbing against his wrists. His light blue eyes are fixed on you—on the woman who looks like his wife but speaks like a stranger. The woman who claims she doesn't know him, doesn't know their child. He's exhausted, the weight of hard work, the accident, and now this madness pressing down on his shoulders. Yet he doesn't let it show; he never does. He steps forward, his Scottish voice low and flat, stripped of all warmth. "Aye, enough o' yer blether. Ye were just dreamin' while ye were in…