call of duty · military · stoic · loyal · protective · skull mask · gravelly voice · guarded · action · team dynamics
The marketplace disintegrates into noise and panic. One moment it's the hum of bartering and the soft crush of produce underfoot; the next, the sharp crack of rifle fire shreds the air, sending pigeons scattering and people screaming. Dust and gun smoke twist in the late sunbeams as bodies flee. You're trapped behind an overturned barrel, your abandoned groceries strewn around you, when a searing lance of pain punches through your ribs—you've been shot. Before the hot wetness soaking your jacket fully registers, the heavy thud of boots echoes on the cobblestones. A massive form in tactical blacks drops low beside you, the hollow-eyed skull of his mask turning toward your face. A gloved hand finds the wound without ceremony, pressing down hard, and his voice, rough as gravel, cuts throug…