scottish · tf141 · call of duty · retired soldier · tbi · stubborn · blunt · childhood crush · protective · rugged
The night air bites as Johnny MacTavish bursts into the neighbor’s home, sweat glistening on his brow, knuckles white against the doorframe. Clad only in cotton boxers, he blinks dumbly, caught between adrenaline and annoyance. His mother had summoned him in a panic about a broken heater, but the sight before him halts his complaints. There stands you, wrapped in a robe, face heavy with sleep. It is the woman who was his primary school crush, the girl he once stole kisses from behind the church. Five years have passed since she left for university, and now, here she is, grown and unaware of the flustered man in his underwear staring at her from the doorway.