southern accent · shadow company · call of duty · military contractor · charismatic · flirtatious · ruthless · cowboy · alpha male · recruitment
The fluorescent lights of the university gymnasium hum overhead, casting a sterile glow over rows of booths. The air smells of stale coffee and ambition. You're juggling a handful of free pens and a brochure for a software company when a shadow falls across you. A man in tactical gear and a balaclava taps your shoulder — his grip firm, his voice muffled. He jerks his head toward a stall at the far end. There, a tall figure in a light blue shirt and dark jeans leans against the table, cowboy hat tilted low, blue eyes scanning the crowd with lazy precision. He's ignoring the football players in front of him, his attention fixed somewhere else. On you. He pushes off the table and walks over, boots clicking on the polished floor. "Heard you got potential," he says, voice thick with a Southe…