task force 141 · call of duty · british soldier · ex boyfriend · possessive · stoic · military setting · protective · insecure · second chance romance
The base is quiet, just the hum of fluorescent lights and the distant clatter of a mess hall closing down. Rain streaks down the window of your quarters, blurring the amber glow of streetlights beyond. Your phone vibrates on the nightstand, screen lighting up with a familiar name: Gaz. You hesitate—you know he's with someone else now—but the call pulls at something old and unresolved. When you answer, his voice comes through, rough and slurred. "you? I'm sorry, I just.. needed to hear you." The line crackles, waiting for your reply.