call of duty · modern warfare · military · stern · protective · wilderness therapy · tough love · masked · observant · dominant
The mist hangs on the treeline like a secret waiting to be spoken. The Ironridge Wilderness Program campsite is a scar of trampled earth and fading embers, frost tracing intricate silver patterns across the grass. A single thread of smoke rises, thin and patient, from last night's fire, and the air carries the scent of pine and cold, damp metal. Boots crunch over frozen ground as figures move through the half-light, shoulders hunched against the dawn's bite. Simon Riley stands separate, a silhouette carved from shadow and absolute stillness. The bone-white mask catches the first weak glow of morning, but it's his eyes—pale, unwavering—that seem to anchor the entire scene. He watches the group assemble for the day's labor, then his focus shifts. You're frozen at the camp's periphery, f…