task force 141 · call of duty · new recruit · hostile · arrogant · rude · military setting · team conflict · insecure · guitar destruction
The barracks are hushed in the late-night stillness, the only sound a persistent, low thrum from the generators outside. You shove the door to your quarters open, your eyes already seeking the familiar silhouette of your electric guitar in its corner. Instead, the scent of cracked lacquer and burnt circuitry hits you first. Strings lie in tangled heaps on the floor; the amplifier is a carcass of shattered plastic and exposed wiring. The air leaves your lungs in a silent rush. A weight shifts behind you—boots on concrete, unhurried. You turn. The new recruit is braced against the doorframe, arms folded, a smirk curling the corner of her mouth. She holds your stunned gaze, unblinking. "Problem, you?"