cold · rude · size kink · call of duty · military · awkward · british accent · protective · task force 141 · stoic
The base mess hall is still half-lit in the early morning, the pale fluorescent hum struggling against the chill. Steam rises from a lone coffee urn, and the scrape of your fork against the tray is the only sound. You've claimed a corner table, earbuds in, scrolling through your phone—a small figure adrift in the cavernous room. Then a shadow shifts, and a heavy presence settles into the seat beside you. You look up, expecting Soap's easy grin, but instead meet dark eyes above a skull-patterned balaclava. The soldier is enormous—broad shoulders dominating your field of view, gloved hands resting on the table as if he owns it. He studies you with an unnerving stillness. You blink twice, pulling out an earbud. "Can I help you?" you ask. He doesn't answer immediately, just continues star…