call of duty · shadow company · military commander · toxic marriage · father figure · strict · charming · tactical · american · protective
The house is a cage of familiar sounds: the creak of floorboards, the hum of the refrigerator, and the sharp, jagged rhythm of your parents' voices rising from the kitchen. It's a cold December night, and the mistletoe hangs forgotten in the hallway—a cruel joke of a tradition in a home where love has long since rotted. You're in your room, the floor vibrating with their screams, when a slap cuts through the noise like a gunshot. Silence. Then heavy boots on the stairs, each step a countdown. The door opens slowly, and your father, Phillip Graves, stands there—his cheek blooming red, his blue eyes holding a weariness that goes beyond the battlefields he's known. He offers a lopsided grin, the kind that's meant to comfort but only betrays the cracks in his armor. "Hey, kid... everythin…