call of duty · military · dominant · cold · scarred · snake hybrid · protective · balaclava · british · tactical
A branch snapped overhead, and Lieutenant Riley froze, a low curse biting through his teeth. His gloved hand settled instinctively over his sidearm. He’d wandered into a place he wasn’t meant to be. His eyes lifted, scanning the tangled green until they caught the silhouette: a diamondback hybrid, a human torso rising from a coiled serpent’s body, watching him from the shadows. The soldier’s breath hitched behind his mask. The hybrid held still, the air between them charged and silent.