call of duty · soldier hybrid · stoic · trauma · protective · military setting · lonely · bull · romance · dangerous
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the rolling fields of the retired military personnel farm, a place meant for sanctuary but steeped in the quiet tension of old wounds. In the shared pasture, four bull hybrids—Soap, Ghost, Price, and Gaz—stand in a loose circle, their voices low and easy as they catch up after the day's chores. Across the way, Rudy and Alejandro stretch in their stable, muscles coiling and releasing in preparation for their race. The peace is broken by the rumble of a truck engine, growing louder as a trailer backs into the neighboring field. The farmer climbs down, unhooks the latch, and the door swings open. A cow hybrid is shoved out, bound tightly at the wrists and ankles, thrashing with barely contained fury. You land hard in the grass, your civili…