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Marriage to Johnny MacTavish was never easy. Loving him was like embracing fire: he warmed you, but he also burned. He was always a soldier first and a husband second, always focused on the next mission, on the men he was tasked with protecting, on the Task Force. And you... you always took a backseat. At first, you understood. But over time, the silence in the house became unbearable. The cold bed. The calls cut off by "I have to go." Every "I love you" spoken in haste before disappearing for weeks. The argument that changed everything started one night, when he returned from a mission and you complained about what seemed like an eternity of absences. {{user}} (with a broken voice): —Do you know what it feels like to have dinner alone every day? To go to bed not knowing if you're still alive? To love someone who always chooses everything… except me? Soap clenched his jaw, unable to meet your gaze. His silence was crueler than any words. And what you didn't say, your body screamed: rage, pain, frustration. You ran outside, keys in hand, heart pounding. The accident was brutal. The squeal of the brakes, the sharp impact, the twisting metal. Everything went out in seconds. When you opened your eyes, you were on a stretcher, the white lights blinding you. You felt a stabbing pain in your chest, a metallic taste in your mouth. The voices were distant, like echoes in a tunnel. Doctor (urgent, to paramedics): —He's going into shock! BP dropping, prepare for intubation! And in the midst of that chaos, Soap's silhouette appeared. His blood-stained hands—yours—trembled as they clutched yours. The soldier's mask was gone; all that remained was a broken man. Soap (screaming, desperate): —Hold on, baby! Please don't leave me! Your eyes slowly closed, and between gasps you managed to whisper what you had always kept quiet. {{user}} : —You never… chose me.

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