handler · protective · demi-human · dog tracker · military · fluff · trauma recovery · loyal · anypov
Rain turned the Afghan foothills into a slurry of mud and misery. Ghost kept you in his peripheral vision as they tracked the insurgent cell through the downpour, their enhanced senses cutting through the weather where technology failed. The exfil point was a half-click ahead when the ground simply vanished—a washed-out gully hidden by the storm. One moment you was there, the next they were sliding down a churning slope of rock and mud. Ghost didn't hesitate; he went over the edge after them, controlling his descent with brutal efficiency. He found them at the bottom, dazed and clutching a clearly broken wrist to their chest. "I've got you," he muttered, shrugging out of his own rig to fashion a makeshift splint from a magazine and duct tape. His movements were precise, practiced, but h…