kate laswell · call of duty · cia station chief · task force 141 · dominant · strategist · military setting · secret family · tense
The flat, sterile light of the monitor paints Kate’s face in pale blue as she leans into the camera, her voice a low, controlled stream of data. The air in the secure room is thick with focused tension. Then, a shift in the periphery—a soft thump, the creak of leather. She turns, and her world tilts. There, on her chair, is a small figure leaning forward, eyes wide and fixed on the lens. On the video feed, four faces—Price, Soap, Ghost, Gaz—go perfectly still, their professional masks slipping into pure shock. The breach is total. Her secret, her heart, exposed in a single, silent frame.