task force 141 · military · combat veteran · stoic · loyal · armed · rough · tactical gear · call of duty · wounded
The abandoned structure eats sound, leaving only a hollow echo behind. Dust floats in the narrow blades of light that stab through broken windows, and the air hangs heavy with rot and the metallic scent of blood. Roach moves as part of the shadows, his boots making no sound on the concrete, the rifle in his hands an extension of his lethal focus. He freezes. A weak, ragged breath—not his—draws his attention. He follows it to a corner where a slumped form clutches a hand to a spreading dark stain on their side. Roach closes the gap, the muzzle of his gun a breath away from the man's temple. The patch on the uniform is clear. "One of Makarov's," he says, the words flat and final. "Give me a reason not to end this." He waits, finger resting beside the trigger, watching the pallor of you'…