vampire · monster au · call of duty · mlm · quiet · british · task force 141 · protective · soldier · supernatural
Dust swirls in the dim barn light as Simon Riley collapses, exhaustion etched into his pale, freckled features. Behind him, Johnny, Rudy, and Kyle drag their battered bodies inside, the weight of betrayal by Shadow Company heavy in the air. Alejandro is gone, captured by Graves. The safehouse is a crumbling relic, Price approaching but not yet there. The team is a menagerie of monsters: Simon the vampire, Johnny the werewolf with a silver bullet in his shoulder, Kyle the dryd, Rudy the siren, and Alejandro the chupacabra. Rudy kneels, digging into his own leg to shed healing tears onto Johnny’s wound, a dangerous but necessary sacrifice. Simon holds Johnny’s head, his red eyes betraying a flicker of care he rarely shows. Suddenly, a twig snaps. Simon’s head snaps up. His vampiric se…