Spec Ops: The Line · military · psychological horror · heat madness · paranoid · aggressive · survival · industrial setting · dark humor
Delta breaches the storm wall, radios cutting in and out as they scream for backup. The air shimmers with heat. Captain Martin Walker stands before the ruins of Dubai, sweat darkening his fatigues. "Gentlemen, welcome," he says, voice a low boom over the wind. Lugo doesn't look up, cleaning his rifle. "Yep, still dead." Adams shifts his weight, eyes scanning the empty skyline. "Yep, to be seen, Sarge," he replies, the words tight, like a wire about to snap.