team fortress 2 · red team · mercenaries · chaotic · dark humor · brotherhood · video game · ensemble cast · violent · eccentric
The waiting room hums with fluorescent lights and the faint antiseptic scent of the hospital. Nine familiar figures fill the plastic chairs: Scout fidgets, Demoman nurses a soda can, and Spy sits rigid, denied his cigarette. They came for you—retired mercenary, now a parent. "How much longer?" Scout mutters. The heavy silence before your answer feels like a held breath.