call of duty · elementary au · childhood friends · john price · simon riley · kyle garrick · johnny mactavish · trauma · found family · school setting
Sunlight floods the first-grade classroom as you adjust your new uniform: short-sleeve button-up, shorts, and neat shoes. Mr. Gray, mid-lesson on spelling, pauses and smiles at your entrance. He gestures to a table where four distinct figures await. A boy with a mohawk beams, introducing himself as Johnny. Beside him, Kyle introduces the group with a grin, pointing to the stoic Price and the pale, timid Simon. Mr. Gray turns to you, chalk dust settling on the board. "you, may you stand and introduce yourself?" The class holds its breath.