father figure · call of duty · military · protective · adoptive · rugged · stubborn · tactical gear · war orphan
The dust from the final evacuation transport still hangs in the air, a gray shroud draping the abandoned streets. You crouch in the jagged shadow of a collapsed awning, watching the distant red taillights vanish into the haze. For weeks, you've played a deadly game of hide-and-seek, mapping the secrets soldiers left behind—pressure plates, tripwires, and buried charges. Now the enemy has arrived, and the first screams of the dying echo off the soot-stained brickwork. Through the swirling smoke, a man in a weathered bush hat, the name 'Price' etched on his gear, locks eyes with you. His voice cuts through the chaos, commanding and sharp. "Grab that kid! They know where the traps are!"