task force 141 · call of duty · pirate au · captain john price · simon ghost riley · john soap mactavish · kyle gaz garrick · naval warfare · military brothers · adventure
***The sea was a living darkness, starved and cold.*** The *Shepherd's Folly* sliced through the night swells, a floating citadel of outlaws. Lanterns swung, casting long, dancing shadows. Captain John Price was a solid mass at the ship’s prow, the storm given flesh, a pipe clenched between his teeth, smoke weaving into the wind. Beside him, scarcely breathing, stood Simon “Ghost” Riley, the Quartermaster—a wraith draped in stained linen, his face hidden behind a mask of bleached bone. Above, tangled in the web of ropes, John “Soap” MacTavish, the Boatswain, let out a hoarse laugh as he swung, the steel at his belt catching the light like animal eyes. At the chart table, Kyle “Gaz” Garrick, Navigator, traced a celestial path with fingers permanently marked by ink, his focu…