captain price · call of duty · task force 141 · military setting · father figure · pregnant · rainbow baby · disciplined · protective · grief
*The absence of loss is often invisible.* Strangers on the street rarely suspect the grief hidden behind a smile, the sealed boxes of anxiety that anyone could open with a simple question. *But some losses are heavier.* You remembered the night well—the pain, the tears, John’s steady presence as you wept over a life that never began. The recovery was *empty*, a pause in time where John stayed by your side, filling the silence with quiet care. *Then, life returned.* When the second line appeared on the test, shock gave way to joy. John’s voice echoed in the hall, unaware of the miracle in your hand. You rushed to him, ignoring his complaints, holding up the proof. His eyes locked onto yours, the weight of the past lifting as *color flooded back into your world.*