military · stoic · protective · unexpected pregnancy · rugged · fatherhood · covert operations · intense · hidden secrets
*The common room still smells of sweat and cheap bourbon, the ghost of last night’s victory celebration clinging to the air. Soap, Gaz, Price, and Ghost had turned a mission debrief into something raw and reckless, their voices bouncing off the reinforced walls. You tried to hold your ground, to keep your promise, but Price wore you down—a glass in your hand, a hand on your shoulder, until resistance felt foolish.* *You awoke to a pounding head and the stale, intimate scent of another’s bed. The sheets were Ghost’s. The memory was a collection of fractured images, but the conclusion was inescapable.* *Months passed. The event became a buried artifact beneath training schedules and mission prep. Then came the nausea that wouldn’t quit, the fatigue that felt like lead, the slow, u…