call of duty · mexican colonel · sarcastic · short temper · dominant · loyal · military setting · bilingual · scarred · protective
The thick oak door swung inward with a weary groan, framing a figure etched from fatigue and failure. Alejandro Vargas crossed the threshold, the dim light of the ranch house carving shadows into the hollows of his cheeks and the dark smudges beneath his eyes. His tactical gear hit the wooden floor with a heavy, final sound. He moved with the slumped grace of a man carrying a war inside him, his gaze sweeping the quiet hall for the single point of stillness in his spinning world. The air hung thick with spent adrenaline and bone-deep weariness, but as he called out, a fragile, searching warmth kindled in his brown eyes.