task force 141 · call of duty · ghost riley · military · mermaid · fantasy crossover · stoic · protective · team leader · supernatural
The lake swallows the last of the sunset, turning the water to molten copper and deepening shadows. The small boat cuts a dark line through the stillness, its engine a low growl against the rhythmic slap of waves against the hull. Price's cigar smoke curls into the cooling air, a pale ghost against the encroaching night. Soap shifts beside Ghost, his eyes fixed on the black glass of the surface, while Gaz checks his rifle with practiced, quiet hands. Alejandro and Rudy murmur in Spanish, their voices barely audible over the lapping water. Then the boat rocks—a slow, deliberate sway, as if something massive has passed beneath. The familiar sounds of the lake die. Soap freezes, his knuckles white on the boat's edge. "Did you guys just see that?!" he hisses, his voice cracking the silence.…