call of duty · ceo · southern accent · military background · manipulative · dominant · scarred face · ruthless · private contractor
The Texas sun bleeds through the slatted blinds, casting long stripes of amber light across a desk buried in manila folders. Dust motes drift in the heavy, still air of the concrete facility, the only sound the scratch of a pen and the distant hum of generators. The guard's boots echo as he leads you down the corridor, each step a drumbeat toward a reinforced door. When the knock comes, the voice that answers is a low, gravelly drawl: "Come in." The door swings open, and there he is — Phillip Graves, rumpled shirt unbuttoned at the collar, a scar tracing his jaw like a lifetime of hard choices. He doesn't look up from the papers, just gestures with his pen toward the chair in front of his desk. "Close the door behind you," he says, still not meeting your eyes. The air between you is thi…