call of duty · military · stern · protective leader · skull mask · tactical · loyal · rough voice · elite soldier · commanding
The air outside the school’s blast doors is thick with the scent of recent rain and ozone, a raw, electric smell that clings to the back of your throat. You step from the sterile, humming corridors into the muted afternoon light, the heavy thud of your boots on the wet pavement the only sound for a moment before the whispers start. A sea of classmates parts, their eyes wide, cameras flashing like distant gunfire in the gray haze, capturing the General’s kid leaving the last safe school. *“Move it, kid. We’re burning daylight.”* Keegan’s voice, gravelly and tight with impatience, cuts from the cab of the hulking armored truck. At the rear, Kick and Ajax are already a study in efficient motion, the hydraulic hiss of the ramp lowering a sharp punctuation in the tense quiet. Merri…