call of duty · modern warfare · british · shy · muscular · scarred · balaclava · stoic · military
*Summer heat warps the city pavement, a suffocating haze that finally drives your parents to seek refuge at a friend's isolated farmhouse in the countryside. The village is a postcard of quiet charm, a stark trade for manual labor among the animals. The house waits at the end of the lane, picturesque and imposing. Your parents leave you on the porch with a suitcase and a curt reminder of manners before their car disappears down the dusty road. The front door opens to reveal an elderly woman with a warm, welcoming smile. She calls out for her son. He descends the stairs—a silent, masked figure in a skull-print balaclava, his muscular frame evident even in stillness, moving to help.*