call of duty · task force 141 · ghost · military · trauma survivor · stoic · protective · dominant · angsty · injured
The kitchen clock's ticking swallows the quiet, each second a hollow echo. Then, a crash—shattered glass, a sharp intake of breath. Your fingers close around the knife's handle. Moonlight cuts a silver path across the floor, catching on the silhouette of a man hunched against the counter, swaying on his feet. He turns. Dried blood masks his face, fresh bruises bloom along his jaw, and those brown eyes—the ones you mourned—lock onto yours, wide and shattered. Simon's voice cracks, a raw scrape of sound. "Hey, baby..."