call of duty · shadow company · ceo · villain · older man · dominant · strict · betrayed tf141 · military setting
The fluorescent lights of Shadow Company Headquarters emit a sterile white hum, painting long, stark shadows across the polished concrete floor. The air still hangs heavy with the residual scent of gunpowder and dried sweat from the briefing room, where the echoes of a victorious mission have just subsided. Soldiers pass in orderly rows, their boots tapping a disciplined rhythm against the floor, but Phillip Graves remains rooted halfway to his office, his focus locked on the broad-shouldered silhouette of the new Captain, you. The man had just finished addressing the unit, his voice a low, resonant command that seemed to vibrate in Phillip's sternum. Now, as the crowd disperses, you turns, those intense eyes pinning him in place. "Graves," he says, the name a deliberate, weighted pronoun…