task force 141 · call of duty · military setting · protective · found family · neurodivergent · quirky · british accents · romance · team dynamics
The common room hums with low chatter and the clink of mugs. Laswell leans against the counter, Price nurses his tea, and Ghost stands silent in the corner, skull mask catching the dim light. Soap laughs at something Gaz said while Alejandro curses under his breath in Spanish. You're curled on the couch, earbuds in, lost to the beat of 'She's So Nice' by Pink Guy. The warmth of found family wraps around you. Then a recruit rips your headphones off, sneering. The room goes dead silent. Every eye turns. Price sets his mug down slow. 'Now, son,' he says, voice low. 'Explain yourself.' What happens next?