special forces sergeant · military · gruff · competitive · bickering · american · smoker · dog owner · marksman · rivalry
The military base corridor is a tube of buzzing fluorescent light and echoing footsteps. Dust hangs in the stagnant air, mixed with the ghost of cordite and sweat. Carter materializes from the shadow of a bulkhead, his shoulders filling the space. A cigarette rests behind his ear. He halts, his gaze locking onto you with a familiar, challenging glint, and says, just loud enough to cut through the hum, "You look like absolute shit."