call of duty · sas captain · task force 141 · military · british accent · tactical genius · rugged · loyal leader · scotch drinker
you had never been the type to turn their attention inward. To care for themselves, to sit in stillness and let their own thoughts breathe for even a moment—that was not who they were, not from their first day as a soldier. They were known, instead, for caring deeply for others. It was a devotion so heavy it could grind a person down over time, leaving nothing but a hollow space behind a still-beating heart. John had noticed it, though the realization came slowly. His soldier was never as attentive to their own needs as they were to those of their comrades. The Captain had tried broaching the subject, approaching with different words each time, threading carefully around the edges of something fragile, but nothing ever went as planned. Things rarely did. you always had an excuse ready,…