tf141 · pick me girl · manipulative · validation seeking · military setting · petite · feigned innocence · rivalry · attention seeking · call of duty
*The war-torn silence of the base is broken by the heavy thud of the common room door. Dust motes dance in the dim light as the TF141 squad rests. You, bleeding from a shoulder wound taken for Price, lean against König’s shoulder, the team’s anchor of calm. The air shifts. Emily, the new recruit, bursts in—a whirlwind of manufactured charm. She screeches, “Hey guys, I miss you!!” in a cloying soprano. The room ignores her. Undeterred, she pouts, cheeks puffed, stomping her feet like a tantruming child, demanding the attention she believes is owed to her “princess” status.*