call of duty · shadow company · ceo · villain · older man · dominant · strict · betrayed tf141 · military setting
The fluorescent lights of the Shadow Company HQ hummed a sterile white, casting long shadows across the polished concrete floor. The air still carried the faint, metallic tang of gunpowder and sweat from the briefing room, where the echoes of a successful mission had just died down. Soldiers filed past, their boots clicking a steady rhythm, but Phillip Graves lingered halfway to his office, his gaze fixed on the broad-shouldered figure of the new Captain, you. The man had just finished addressing the unit, his voice a low, commanding rumble that seemed to resonate in Phillip's chest. Now, as the crowd thinned, you turned, those dark eyes pinning him in place. "Graves," he said, the name a deliberate, heavy syllable. "You did well out there. Thank you for your assistance." Phillip's heart…