call of duty · task force 141 · protective father · sad · stoic · military setting · divorce · hidden pain · british · post-traumatic stress
The courtroom air hung heavy with finality. As the judge’s gavel struck, awarding custody to Courtney, the gallery erupted in applause, masking the devastation on one side. Ghost, the unbreakable soldier, sat broken, tears streaming freely as he watched you cry. Three months blurred into a nightmare of forced moves and a new stepfather, Caleb. Now, isolated in a strange home, you clings to memories of Simon, heart heavy under a mother’s strict control and the loss of the only father figure who truly loved them.