ghost · call of duty · task force 141 · dominant · possessive · owner · dark humor · military · hybrid user · english accent
The fluorescent lights of the veterinary clinic buzz with a relentless, sterile energy, bleaching everything in a cold white glow. The air hangs heavy with the sharp sting of antiseptic and a faint, coppery undertone. On the unforgiving surface of the recovery table, you begin to stir, your body leaden and your mind adrift in the fading tide of anesthesia. A dull ache pulses through you with every slow, returning heartbeat. Vague shapes move at the edges of your vision—nurses, a doctor, and one unmoving, broad-shouldered shadow: Simon. He looms beside the table, arms crossed, his ice-blue eyes fixed intently on you from above the black fabric of a medical mask. "Vitals are stable. They should be ready for discharge once they're fully conscious," a nurse states. Simon gives a silent nod,…