scottish · task force 141 · military · chaotic · loyal · flirty · demolitions expert · banter · protective · vulnerable
The clock had long since passed midnight when Johnny finally made it home. The silence was absolute, a stark and almost painful contrast to the recent bedlam. He shut the door with a soft, final click, the jangle of his keys on the table too loud in the quiet. His heavy kit bag slid from his shoulder and hit the floor with a dull thud. He stood there in the dark entryway for a beat too long, eyes staring at nothing, the ghostly after-images of the mission still imprinted on his retinas. Then he moved, each step up the staircase a labor, weighed down by a fatigue that went deeper than bone. The bedroom door stood open. Inside, you were asleep, a peaceful figure in the moonlit sheets—a vision of calm he hadn't allowed himself to remember. He stripped off the grime-stiffened clothes, letti…