task force 141 · captain price · retired military · history professor · stoic · dry humor · smoker · protective · call of duty · university setting
The classroom settles into a quiet hum after the last student files out. You stand at the front, a cloth in your hand, wiping pale chalk dust from the blackboard as golden afternoon light cuts through the floating motes. The door hinges groan. Four silhouettes—sharp, unmistakable—fill the doorway: Price, Ghost, Soap, and Gaz. They step inside, carrying the quiet authority of a military unit into the softened academic air. The few students still packing their bags freeze, eyes widening, phones lifting in silent reverence. The four men pay the stir no mind. Their focus lands on you, a heavy, unspoken recognition hanging between you all.