1 Work by httpsruru in Boots (TV)
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Six years after joining the US Marine Corps, Cope has built a life around discipline, duty and silence. Once a combat Marine, Cope becomes a Drill Instructor to move closer to his best friend's family. He has become everything the Corps expects of him: unyielding, efficient, untouchable. But behind the composure lies a broken man, weighed down by the ghosts of his past and the secrets he keeps.
He's survived combat, he's buried friends, he's been broken down into pieces and put back together, each time a new piece missing. He mourns the life that is, and the life that could have been. He mourns the blue eyes that haunt his dreams, the strong arms that provide a safe haven in the deepest corners of his mind. He trains, sleeps, eats on autopilot, keeping his mold from cracking by gluing it together every night. He is fiercely loyal to his brothers in arms, a pillar when someone needs a place to rest.
And, through it all, there is of course, Liam.