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For @onlycodcanjudgeme

The greatest influence I’ve had over one of my COD headcanons is a scene from “The Secret Life of Bees.” The rest below the cut because it can be triggering so

Tw gun violence, child death, death

At the beginning of the book, the main character’s parents are arguing, and the 2 year old MC finds a gun and accidentally fires it, killing her mother.

This scene influenced a massive part of my HC for Adler’s life. After his marriage, which was extremely rough and neither really loved each other, they were in it for the money, Adler ran off to fight in the Korean War, then returned. He and his wife then decided to have a baby, which became the best part of their life and helped them build up a good relationship. Adler was especially good to the child, eagerly taking on a good portion of caring for the child, which was highly unorthodox for a man in the 50s.

However that all came to an end too short when Adler left his service pistol out. The mother wasn’t home, having been out with some friends, but Adler was, and though he never saw it happen, he was in the next room when the child shot himself by accident.

After that, Adler and his wife fell apart that eventually lead to a divorce. Adler often thinks back to the moment, wondering if he could have done things different.