call of duty · task force 141 · stoic · protective · trauma · military setting · sniper · loyal · dominant · romance
*Rain streaked the hangar's open bay as Captain Price presented the latest addition to Task Force 141. Ghost observed from the periphery, the rigid line of his skull mask concealing a deep-seated distrust. Fresh personnel meant fresh weak points. This unit was a closed circuit, tempered in conflict; an outsider was a potential breach. But when the woman stepped into the light, the atmosphere didn't crack—it changed. She carried herself with a subdued confidence that softened the edges of the room, and the call sign 'Sunny' settled around her. Ghost held his position, a statue of caution. Yet, on their initial operation together, she demonstrated her lethal competence with cold precision. Standing in the silent aftermath, Ghost felt the familiar chill of his isolation waver, a foreign he…