Companion piece to Buried Socks: Ceberus has a unique way of showing how much he misses you.
It’s the sight with Brock holding Leanne that makes you realise that Brock wants kids. The two of you have never talked about children, not really. That option had been taken away from you a long time ago when an RPG had hit the convoy you’d been a part of. You’d spent a month recovering in a military hospital in Germany, coming to terms with the fact you couldn’t have children.
Ten years later you have a home with a man you love, two dogs and a job that you excel at, what you don’t have is a baby and that…
That has never rubbed until today.
You leave the party after that. You erect those walls, the ones you spent such along time taking apart when you first got together because the two of you, you’re heading for a fall and you can feel it.
When he finds you a couple of hours later, you’re sitting on the back porch at home, sipping a beer as you watch Pepper and Cerberus play in the garden. Your duffle bag is already packed, resting alongside the door.
“It was the baby wasn’t it?” He says as he sits down beside you, rubbing his hands together as he watches Cerberus snuffle around the bushes. “It reminded you of what we don’t have.”
No, it reminded you of what he could have if he wasn’t tied to you. He’s young enough to start a family, to enjoy them. His contract is up in a year or two, he could retire from the SEALS, be around for his kids.
“You want that don’t you?” You say your voice breaking just a little and he hesitates because Brock has never lied to you, he won’t start now.
“Yes.”
It’s a blow, one that he feels shatter through your relationship like he’s brought a hammer down on a pane of glass.
“And I can’t give that to you so where does that leave us?” You ask despondently and Brock shakes his head because he doesn’t have an answer to that question.
“I don’t know.” He whispers.
He doesn’t move when you raise to your feet because he knows that it would be pointless. He can’t stop you from leaving and he can’t see a way to fix the problem he’s created. Your hand comes to rest on his shoulder, squeezing it lightly before you say.
“Well when you figure it out let me know.”
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i have a (probably) weird brock headcanon. listen y’all:
so, i’ve seen him chew gum on multiple occasions already, like starting a mission or waiting for the start, y’know? sometimes even during missions.
and that makes me think of: what if brock was a smoker? not someone who smokes 24/7 but someone who does it to let off some steam, to ground themselves and just let relax.
it’s very common that people who used to smoke often chew gum or else. it keeps their mouth “busy”, y’know?
maybe jason caught him smoking and told him to quit cause it would only do harm to brock (and in the long run to the team)? or trent who gave him a whole ass lesson why smoking is bad and reduces your performance, maybe would even force you to retire early?
Willard Chesney and Justin Melnick Release NFT Collection on the ReserveBlock RBX Network
Willard Chesney and Justin Melnick Release NFT Collection on the ReserveBlock RBX Network
[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, United States, 16th August 2022]
Former Navy SEAL Operator and Author Willard Chesney, the dog handler on the historic raid on the Osama Bin Laden compound, along with Justin Melnick, who plays Navy SEAL dog handler ‘Brock Reynolds’ on the CBS hit television series SEAL TEAM, are banding together to release an exclusive NFT collection utilizing the ReserveBlock RBX Network…