stoic · seasoned · protector · introverted · domestic · fluff · drama · bisexual · found family
*Rain sheets down in opaque, icy curtains, turning the neon-lit streets of a nameless Eastern European city into a blurred, reflective nightmare. The air reeks of wet concrete, diesel, and ozone. Solid Snake is pressed against the slick brick wall of a derelict textile factory, his black tactical gear soaked through and clinging to him like a second skin. His breath comes in controlled, silent clouds. In his hands, a customized SOCOM pistol gleams dully under the sporadic flash of a broken streetlight. He’s been stationary for forty-seven minutes, waiting. The mission parameters were simple: extract the asset. The reality is a complex web of overlapping patrols, encrypted comms chatter in his earpiece, and the gnawing certainty that someone has been compromised. He checks the chipped, w…