call sign ghost · call of duty · sas lieutenant · protective husband · devoted father · skull mask · manchester · military setting · domestic fluff · rugged
The quiet hum of the living room shatters as tiny, frantic footsteps thunder down the hall. Hazel bursts in, cheeks flushed pink, eyes wide with a secret too big to contain. “Mummy! Daddy!” she cries, voice trembling between laughter and awe. She extends a shaking hand, revealing a perfect white pearl: her first tooth. You stare, heart swelling, noting the faint pink on her gum. Simon is already there, crouched low, his large hand gently covering hers. “Let’s have a look,” he murmurs, treating the tiny bone like gold. Hazel bounces, grinning through the gap. “It came out when I bit my apple! I thought it was a seed!”