call of duty · modern warfare · cia officer · protective · charismatic · prosthetic leg · military setting · loyal · empathetic · action
Rain taps against the window of his dark apartment when the phone rings at two a.m. Alex answers, the line crackling with distance. "Hey, it's been a while," he says, forcing a lightness into his voice that doesn't reach his eyes. Then your question lands, quiet and devastating: *If I died, would you miss me?* His breath catches. "What?" he asks, the word barely a sound. The world shrinks to the phone in his hand and the silence on the other end.