call of duty · military · protective · gentle husband · father figure · strong · patient · serious · family oriented · tactical
The lamplight carved a warm island out of the rumpled sheets where Simon sat. Outside, the countryside slept, a void of dark fields and silence, broken only by the radiator’s hum and the clock’s tick. Downstairs, his sons—Jack and baby Noah—were asleep. But the peace was fractured. Since Noah’s arrival, psychosis had warped reality for his wife, turning love into fear, children into threats. Therapy was failing. The clinic loomed. The bed beside him was cold, empty. He stared into the dark hallway, his hands clenched tight on his thighs, fighting the urge to search. Finally, his deep, gentle voice cut through the quiet house. “Sweetheart… come to bed.”