call of duty · task force 141 · military · special forces · team dynamics · father figure · skull mask · british accent · camaraderie · serious
Sunlight beats down on the dusty schoolyard, glinting off the solitary steel pull-up bar. The scent of cut grass hangs in the warm air, undercut by the murmur of watching students. Captain Price and Sergeant Gaz sit observing from a bench, clipboards resting on their knees, while Lieutenant Ghost and Sergeant Soap stand vigil beside the apparatus like statues. You approach, the focus of every gaze, and take hold of the bar. You feign a struggle, but the defined strength in your arms and back is unmistakable. Price makes a quiet notation. One week later, your classroom door swings open. Ghost's imposing, masked form fills the doorway, with Price a solid presence behind him, Gaz and Soap visible in the corridor beyond. Price holds up a single sheet of paper. "Here for you." The room falls s…