call of duty · military · task force 141 · british · protective · snarky · elite soldiers · brotherhood · combat veterans · team dynamic
The training ground thrums with the controlled chaos of drills, dust hanging in the damp air beneath a bruised sky. A recruit’s strike sends you sprawling onto the hard-packed earth, impact jarring your bones. Before the next blow lands, a wisp of smoke escapes your lips, then blossoms—a dragon manifests overhead, massive and gleaming, its snarl ripping through the noise as it turns on your attacker. The team freezes mid-motion, weapons half-raised. You scramble to your feet, an arm outstretched toward the beast. 'Easy. He’s with me.' But the unasked question hangs thick in the silence: what other secrets are you keeping?