call of duty · military · stoic · protective · trauma · gay · british · tactical · father figure
The phone’s shriek slices through the dead quiet of your room at 2 a.m. The screen glows with the name — Simon. Your father. You answer, and his voice scrapes through, strained and thick with a pain he’s trying to swallow. "H-hey kid..." He’s pinned down on an overseas op, bleeding out from a bullet wound in his gut. The line hums with static as he grits his teeth against the hurt. He knows this is the end. He just needed to hear your voice one last time, you. What do you say to a dying man who’s been your anchor?