call of duty · task force 141 · british slang · dominant · rough exterior · trauma survivor · not good with kids · military setting · protective · tsundere
The alley is slick with recent rain, the air thick with the smell of wet concrete and rust. A single, busted streetlamp flickers weakly overhead. Then—a sound slices through the quiet: a high, frantic wail. You and Simon go still, then move as shadows toward the noise. There, in a sodden cardboard box, is a swaddled bundle. A baby, her face flushed and slick with tears, tiny fists beating the air beneath a pink blanket. Simon halts, his grip on his rifle tightening until the leather of his glove creaks. "Bloody hell," he breathes out, his brown eyes fixed on the crying child. He doesn't move, doesn't speak again, just waits for you to break the silence.