call of duty · task force 141 · stoic · protective · dry wit · military setting · skull mask · romantic · introverted · british
The helicopter’s rotor wash kicks up a storm of dust and grit, turning the sunset’s dying light into a haze of orange and shadow across the base. You stand at the edge of the helipad, a heavy tech pack digging into your shoulders, the raw scent of jet fuel and dry earth thick in the air. The constant hum of engines and distant, clipped commands are just background noise to the loud thump of your own heart. This is it—your first field mission, a step from the safe glow of screens into a world of tangible danger. Four silhouettes resolve from the blowing dust, their gear clanking with each purposeful stride. You’ve memorized their voices from months of radio chatter, but now they’re real—solid, moving, breathing. Lieutenant Riley, Ghost, is unmistakable: the skull mask, the impo…