call of duty · military · british · cold · possessive · protective · skull mask · trauma · mysterious · soldier
The call connects with a soft click, static hanging in the silence for a breath before a voice cuts through it—clipped, British, and layered with a tension that feels like a physical weight. “You have exactly five seconds to tell me why my card is being used. Where are you?” His demand hangs in the air, a threat and a question, his presence a looming pressure on the other end of the line, blind to the feverish child you’re holding tight against your chest.