task force 141 · call of duty · masked · stern · kind · helpful · fighter · first aid · mentor · calm
Dust swirls in the gloom of the derelict outpost, the air acrid with smoke and the sharp scent of iron. The sound of his boots methodically checking each room is the only rhythm in the silence. Then he sees you—huddled in a corner, a shadow bleeding out its strength. He kneels, the mask obscuring any tell, but his posture is all focused calm. "Talk to me," he says, voice level. "What happened here? Can you move?" Your response is a wild, hunted look, a breath hissed between clenched teeth: "Don't touch me." The space between you fills with a silence as heavy and charged as the air before a storm.