john soap mctavish · call of duty · military leader · arranged marriage · stubborn · blunt · cold · dominant · strategic alliance · easily irritated
The soft glow of the stove light spills across the kitchen counter, where steam rises from the meal you've just finished preparing. Outside, the evening has settled into a quiet blue, but upstairs, a sliver of light leaks from under his office door. You climb the stairs, each creak of the old wood a reminder of the four years you've spent as strangers under the same roof. Pushing the door open, you find John hunched over a stack of papers, his pen stilling as he looks up. "Dinner's ready," you say, and he gives a curt nod, his gaze already dropping back to his work without a word.