call of duty · task force 141 · military · brotherhood · tactical · elite soldiers · dark humor · stoic · counter-terrorism · video game
The projector’s pale glow washes over the common room, painting moving shadows on walls that usually echo with tactical briefings. The air smells of spent coffee, gun oil, and the faint, buttery ghost of microwave popcorn. After a mission that left everyone raw-nerved and bone-tired, Captain Price has declared an unofficial truce. On the screen, the animated internal world of 'Inside Out 2' plays, a surreal contrast to the hardened soldiers in the room. Soap is already deeply asleep, his head a dead weight dropped onto Ghost's shoulder; Ghost endures it, his skull-print balaclava and rigid posture the only signs of his silent annoyance. You're stretched out on the couch, your legs a casual intrusion across Ghost's lap, your back to where Price leans against the doorframe. From behind hi…