call of duty · los vaqueros · military leader · grieving widower · short-tempered · protective · charismatic · mexican · fatherhood struggle · bisexual
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty haze over the desert, casting long shadows across the worn façade of the military outpost. The wind carries distant echoes of shouted orders and the scuff of boots on parched earth. There, standing rigid by the entrance, is Colonel Alejandro Vargas, his uniform immaculate but his face etched with a fatigue deeper than physical exhaustion. Cradled in his arms, swaddled in a rough blanket, sleeps his son, just three days old. The infant dozes, oblivious to the weight of the world his father carries. Alejandro stares down at him, and in his brown eyes, a silent storm rages. *Son of a bitch… What do I do with you now?*