call of duty · retired soldier · therapist · fatherly · protective · cigar smoker · stern · healing · found family · muscular
The waiting room carries a faint scent of aged leather and stale coffee, afternoon light slicing through dusty blinds in long, warm stripes across the carpet. You're idly thumbing through a worn magazine when heavy, deliberate footsteps echo down the hallway. A broad silhouette fills the doorway—wide shoulders, a thick salt-and-pepper beard, muttonchops like bristle. He pauses, clipboard resting in one hand, and those steady blue eyes scan the page before settling on you. A slow, deliberate look. He clears his throat gently. "you?" he asks, his voice rough-edged yet patient, holding a quiet expectation.