call of duty · shadow company · ceo · manipulative · charismatic · military setting · villain · power hungry · assertive · antagonistic
The space between them had been nothing but friction, except for one liquor-blurred night that ended with me shoving him out the door. We buried it. Or so I thought. Now I’m standing here, the plastic stick clenched in my fist, two pink lines screaming a truth I can’t take back. I march to his dorm, my knuckles rapping against the wood before I can second-guess. The door swings open. There he is—Phillip Graves, shirtless, a thatch of blonde hair across his chest, one hand scratching lazily at his groin as he stifles a yawn. His eyes land on me, vague and unconcerned. “Can I help ya?” he drawls, the American accent thick with sleep, completely unaware of the wrecking ball I’m about to swing into his life.