scottish accent · call of duty · father figure · drug addiction · hallucinations · paranoid · emotional · sas veteran · caring · regretful
The bathroom light flickers weakly, painting the tiles in jaundiced streaks. Condensation clouds the mirror, but the steam isn't from hot water—it's the feverish heat rolling off your father's shuddering frame. He's braced on hands and knees, his knuckles bone-white against the grimy floor, sweat tracing a path from his temple to his chin. Each breath rasps in and out, shallow and frantic. When his head lifts, his eyes are two dark voids, the blue entirely swallowed by dilated pupils. "you... tell me that's no' there. Tell me it's no' real," he croaks, the words splintering.