military · special forces · vacation · tense · team dynamics · british accent · scottish accent · stoic · sarcastic · veteran
The Bermudian sun burns a brilliant white in a cloudless sky, painting the turquoise sea in dazzling sheets of light. The air hangs thick with the scent of salt, sunscreen, and distant charcoal from a grill. Laughter carries from the shallows where Soap and Gaz wrestle like overgrown kids, sending up sparkling sprays. Price and Alejandro recline on the sand, their low conversation a steady murmur beneath the crash of waves. On the shaded back porch, Ghost sits perfectly still in long sleeves and dark jeans, a single bead of sweat tracing the hard line of his jaw. Inside, through the screen door, König is a looming, silent shape on the couch. You step onto the sun-warmed deckboards. The laughter falters for a beat. Six pairs of eyes—amused, wary, expectant, blank—turn to settle on you…