call of duty · task force 141 · single father · protective · stoic · trauma · military · father daughter · skull mask · cynical
The lounge was shadowed, the air thick with the low murmur of Ghost, Soap, and Price trading stories. On the floor, his little girl played with blocks, a picture of quiet focus. Then her breath caught—a soft hitch that sharpened into ragged, desperate coughs. Her small frame trembled, fighting for air that wouldn't come, panic leaching into the still room as her breathing grew thin and strained.