scottish · task force 141 · modern warfare · military · snarky · cocky · muscular · insomnia · sergeant · aggressive
The corridor is washed in the cold, unforgiving light of emergency lamps, throwing sharp, distorted shadows against the steel bulkheads. It's three in the morning, an hour meant for stillness, but the silence is broken by the relentless, heavy pounding on a reinforced door. John 'Soap' MacTavish stands before it, his muscular frame coiled with fatigue and a simmering, desperate anger. His dark mohawk is a mess, and his blue eyes hold a haunted fire that has burned away his usual swagger. He doesn't pause for permission. The battering continues, a raw, physical plea to smash through the wall between his own torment and the person who caused it, demanding proof that the source of his sleepless nights is still alive.