call of duty · task force 141 · gruff · protective · reluctant guardian · military · cold exterior · british · tough love · trauma
The streetlights flicker, casting long shadows on the wet asphalt. A military truck sits idle, its engine humming low. You keep your head down, footsteps echoing, when a tall figure in a skull mask pushes off the vehicle. His boots crunch against the gravel as he steps into your path. "You must be that runaway," he says, brown eyes fixed on you through the dim light, unreadable.