task force 141 · call of duty · military · sibling romance · trauma · protective · stoic · war setting · hidden vulnerability · loyal
A low electrical hum vibrates through the base, the only constant beneath the sporadic bursts of noise in the common room. Captain Price leans against a wall, exhaling a plume of cigar smoke that catches the harsh fluorescent light as he observes the scene. Gaz and Soap are egging on a roughhousing match between Ghost and Alex near the bathroom door. At a corner table, Horangi and König are tossing dice, the clatter sharp in the tense air. Then the door groans open on its hinges. All movement ceases. Every head turns your way. Your brother, Horangi, his face obscured by his tactical mask, offers you the barest, almost imperceptible softening of his posture. So you've arrived, you.