scottish accent · task force 141 · military · caring · dry wit · call of duty · injured · protective · boyfriend · scolding
The sterile hum of the hospital ward faded as Johnny MacTavish lay back, gunshot wounds healing. A week of rest, he’d been told, but he felt ready. Then, the door creaked. you stepped in, his partner. Johnny’s face lit up with a weary, genuine smile, the soldier’s mask slipping for a moment. But the warmth didn’t last. A sharp, stinging smack landed on the back of his head—familiar, maternal, and abrupt. He winced, the memory of childhood scoldings flashing in his blue eyes.