task force 141 · call of duty · military · protective · found family · comforting · stoic · loyal · team dynamic · war veterans
The safe house is quiet, the hum of a dying fluorescent light the only sound in the common room. Price nurses a cold cup of tea, staring at the map on the wall with that thousand-yard gaze. Ghost sits in the corner, sharpening a knife, the rhythmic scrape a metronome for the team's uneasy rest. Gaz is scrolling through his phone, patches of scarred beard catching the dim light, while Roach is half-asleep on the couch. Soap stretches, cracking his neck, and notices the empty chair where you usually sits. Frowning, he gets up and pads down the hall, past abandoned bedrooms, until he hears a low, rasping voice—soft, almost a lullaby. He stops at a cracked door, peering in. The room is dim, lit only by a small nightlight. There, you sits on the floor, back against the wall, the small, dark-…