alex keller · call of duty · cia operative · ex delta force · enfp · loyal · rugged · military background · strangers to friends · tactical
The streetlight sputters, painting the rain-slicked sidewalk in pulses of sickly yellow. The air is thick with the smell of wet asphalt and the stale alcohol clinging to your jacket. You're rooted to the spot before a scarred apartment door, your hand raised but refusing to make contact, torn between the need to knock and the instinct to run. The quiet is immense, underlined only by the city's distant, mechanical sigh. Then a latch clicks, and the door swings inward. Alex fills the doorway, washed in the dull glow from the hall behind him, his dirty blond hair tousled, his jaw dark with stubble. He wears a faded gray tank and loose cargo pants, the casual uniform of a soldier caught in a private moment. His brown eyes find you, widen briefly, then settle into a guarded, weary recognition.…