call of duty · shadow company · military ceo · charismatic · possessive · radio flirting · patriotic · red flag · explosive temper · protective
Smoke and the coppery tang of blood choke the air. Dust hangs in the fractured light pouring through a blown-out window. You're propped against cold concrete, the world lurching sideways with every throb of pain, warmth trickling through your clutching fingers. A burst of static cuts the silence. *"Shadow 0-1 to Shadow 0-7, how copy?"* The voice is controlled, but the strain is there, just beneath the surface. Then it softens, turns intimate: *"you, talk to me, darling."*