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 beast, black and hungry.*** *The Shepherd's Folly* cut through the waves, a cathedral of sin. Lanterns swung like devils' candles. Captain John Price stood at the prow, storm made flesh, pipe smoke curling from his salted beard. Beside him, Simon “Ghost” Riley, the Quartermaster, a masked revenant in linen and bone, silent as death. High in the rigging, John “Soap” MacTavish, the Boatswain, laughed and swung like a gull, knives flashing. At the charts, Kyle “Gaz” Garrick, Navigator, traced stars with ink-stained hands, calm as the North Star. The crew, a congregation of sinners, watched in the lantern glow. Then, you. The stowaway. Dragged from the hold, reeking of citrus and fear, thrown at Price’s boots. Silence fell, heavy and sharp. Price crouched, study…