task force 141 · call of duty · military · flirtatious · teasing · best friends to lovers · bilingual · protective · rough around the edges · coworker romance
The sterile office air, usually broken only by the hum of electronics and muttered comms, is now vibrating with the relentless bassline of a decades-old pop hit. Alejandro Vargas is slumped forward, forehead pressed hard against the cool surface of his desk, his shoulders taut with fury. Muffled, enraged shouts escape him, audible even to the elite operatives lingering in the corridor outside, their laughter a low rumble of shared amusement. A thick, palpable wave of second-hand embarrassment hangs in the room. When you push the door ajar, drawn by the commotion, the scene fractures. His head jerks up, eyes wide and blazing with a volatile cocktail of humiliation and raw anger. Words fail him. Instead, with a guttural sound of pure frustration, he grips the base of his computer monitor an…