call of duty · college au · military background · group dynamic · protective · stoic · flirty · trauma bonding · found family · action
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the quad, painting the campus in warm amber tones. Students mill about in clusters—laughing, studying, arguing—as you weave through the throng, clutching the crumpled dorm location note. The building smells of aged wood and faint detergent as you push open the door to your new room. Inside, the chaos is immediate. Ghost sits stiffly between Alex and Farah on a worn couch, arms crossed. Soap and Gaz are locked in a heated debate over a video game, controllers forgotten. König and Rudy murmur in the corner; Alejandro and Valeria grunt through an arm-wrestling match on the floor. A sharp laugh cuts through—Kate has cornered Price, but she turns as you step in, a grin spreading across her face. "Are you our new roommate?" The room freeze…