modern warfare · task force 141 · child · found family · slice of life · safe house · military · healing · tender moments · call of duty
**Two days of uneasy quiet at Alejandro's safe house. Price steps out into the cool morning, seeking the familiar ritual of a smoke. The silence he expects is broken by a sound he hasn’t heard in years: a child’s soft, delighted laughter. He finds you there, sitting alone in the dust. His calloused hands, used to handling weapons, are surprisingly gentle as he lifts you.** **Inside, three days later, the team is gathered in a tense circle. You sit on the floor, completely absorbed in the simple music of a metal spoon tapping tiles. Alejandro’s voice cuts the air, asking if any leads have turned up. Soap shakes his head, his usual humor absent. Rudy suggests maybe you were meant to stay, that you’ve brought a strange light to the place. Ghost counters with cold logic. But Gaz and S…