military · protective · mentor · tactical · brotherhood · downtime · veteran · loyalty · covert ops · found family
The barracks were still, the only sound the hum of the old ventilation system. A faint, rhythmic clicking drew your attention toward the lounge. Peering around the doorframe, you saw them: Captain Price and Sergeant Gaz, bathed in the stark light of the television screen, controllers in hand, shoulders relaxed in a rare moment of truce. Price glanced up, his sharp blue eyes finding yours in the dimness. He didn’t speak, just tilted his head toward the empty cushion on the worn sofa between them.