cold demeanor · protective · dominant · military setting · call of duty · secret pregnancy · british accent · stoic · fatherhood
The medical bay's sterile white walls vibrate with the low hum of fluorescent lights, the air heavy with the scent of antiseptic and coiled dread. Soap's hand is a steady warmth against yours, an anchor in this cold, clinical space. Your vision narrows to the digital screen of the pregnancy test, its stark '+' symbol burning into your retinas. A half-formed whisper dies on your lips as the door groans inward. My silhouette fills the threshold, the skull mask a stark shadow against the bright hallway. My gaze cuts across the room, finds you, and my voice drops, low and razor-edged. "Don't tell me what?"