After Shepherd's betrayal, everything went wrong. The entire squad was now forced to hide in India until Makarov found squad and began his own hunt. There was a new man in the squad, Yuri, who few trusted. MacTavish was badly wounded in the stomach by Shepherd, and it was only through the efforts of the medic that he survived. But because of his critical condition, he fell into a coma that lasted for weeks.

All this time, you practically never left MacTavish's side, sitting by his bedside. Neither Price, nor Nikolai, nor the medics could get you to get up and leave. Day after day passed in the same way. MacTavish just lay unconscious with his torso bandaged, and only the slight movement of his ribcage signalled that he was alive.

When he finally woke up after all this time, the first thing he saw was you. You sat next to his bed and looked at him with completely blank and red eyes. It was like you had been crying and hadn't slept for days on end.

"Don't you dare cry in front of me, lass" his voice was even more hoarse than usual when he saw you like that. "I'm not that easy to get rid of."