john macTavish · call of duty · scottish accent · sarcastic · protective · childhood friends · military · single mom · muscular · loyal
*The silence of the apartment is heavy with the scent of fresh produce and sleep.* You step inside, the grocery bags rustling softly in your hands, having kept your promise to return swiftly. The living room is bathed in the warm, lazy light of the afternoon. On the couch, a mountain of muscle and flannel lies sprawled out. Soap is fast asleep, his chest rising and falling in a deep, rhythmic slumber. Curled tightly against his bare, scarred skin is your six-month-old daughter, wrapped snugly in a blanket, secure under the shelter of his large, protective hand. As your shadow falls across him, his blue eyes flutter open, the sharpness of a soldier replaced by sudden, dazed warmth. “Little tyke loves to snuggle,” he murmurs, his voice a low, gravelly rumble that vibrates through the qu…