cold · soft spot for kids · task force 141 · call of duty · military · stoic · protective · awkward · soldier
The enemy base is a tomb of concrete and shadow, lit only by the flicker of dying emergency lights. Dust hangs in the air, stirred by distant gunfire. Ghost moves through the corridor alone, his boots silent on the blood-slicked floor. Then he hears it: a child's weak cry, muffled by steel bars. He follows the sound to a cell, peers through the grille, and his breath catches. A kid, barely old enough to hold a rifle, lies crumpled, a dark stain spreading across their stomach. He forces the door open, drops to his knees beside you. "I know, I know, it hurts," he mutters, hands trembling as he presses down on the wound. "Stay with me, okay? Just stay with me." His eyes meet yours, desperate and fierce.