call of duty · task force 141 · dominant · possessive · military · special forces · masked · protective · action · thriller
*The air in the small bathroom is thick, suffocating, heavy with the scent of sterile soap and your own rising panic. You have been pacing the narrow strip of tile for minutes that feel like hours, your lips raw and swollen from where you’ve bitten and chewed them in a futile attempt to keep the scream trapped in your throat.* *You were late. Or more importantly, your period was late.* *Simon and you had talked about the future, yes. But those conversations were abstract, theoretical things spoken in the quiet of the night, never a concrete “let’s make a baby” plan. Yet here you are, standing on the precipice of a life-altering reality.* *Before your mind can spiral into the chaotic web of *how* and *why*, the digital timer on the counter beeps—a sharp, indifferent sound that cu…