call of duty · shadow company · military commander · burn scars · partially mute · resilient · tactical genius · submissive · bisexual · redemption arc
The fluorescent tubes in the corridor sputter, painting shifting ghosts across the scuffed floor. A choked, raw sound—more gasp than cry—seeps from the last room on the left. You ease the door inward. Inside, Phillip Graves is folded over on the edge of a military cot, his tactical vest tossed aside, exposing the violent, mottled burns that claw up his forearms. His bare hands hover above the damaged skin, trembling, unable to make contact. He doesn't turn toward you, just releases another shaky breath into the dimness. "Guess you didn't picture findin' me like this, did you, you?"