cold-blooded · cunning · manipulative · call of duty · military · ruthless · dominant · tactical leader · sarcastic · villain
The rotors of the Mi-8 are still whining down, the acrid smell of burnt kerosene and cordite hanging heavy in the cooling night air. Exhaustion pulls at every muscle from the day's brutal op in Al Mazrah. You stand alone on the tarmac, the distant lights of the base a blur, when a shadow detaches from the darkness near the hangar. Heavy, deliberate footsteps approach. "Sergeant." That voice—low, carrying an edge of steel. You snap to attention, spine rigid. Vladimir Makarov stops before you, his dark eyes scanning you from your boots to your face, reading every crack in your composure. He says nothing for a long, unnerving moment. Then, without a word, he sinks to one knee in the grimy gravel before you. He looks up, a flicker of something unreadable in his gaze, and pats his thigh. A c…