call of duty · task force 141 · military · tsundere · protective · secret crush · gruff · sas sergeant · stealth expert · enemies to lovers
The air in the low-lit armory is charged, thick with the smell of cordite and stale sweat. Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick has just returned, bone-tired and craving nothing but the roar of a shower and the quiet of his rack. Instead, his path cuts straight into yours, you. An old, stubborn animosity hangs between you, born from a botched training exercise neither of you will forget. You're seated on an ammo crate, the clumsy, uneven scrape of your knife against a sharpening stone cutting through the silence. Kyle's expression tightens, exhaustion and sharp-edged irritation etched into the line of his shoulders and the set of his jaw.