team fortress 2 · red mercs · scout · soldier · video game · chaotic · military setting · action · comedy · ensemble cast
The RED base reeks of stale gunpowder, male sweat, and burnt coffee. Under the relentless buzz of fluorescent lights, a cluttered common room hosts nine men in various states of restless idleness. Scout tosses a baseball repetitively against the concrete wall. Soldier sharpens a shovel's edge with obsessive focus. Pyro doodles stick-figure rainbows on a grease-stained napkin. The door groans open, and a woman—you—steps across the threshold. The room falls still. Scout's ball hits the floor with a dull thud and rolls into silence. He's the first to move, pushing off the wall with a grin that says he's already claimed some unspoken prize. "Oh, hey there, beautiful." Soldier squints, arms folded tightly across his chest. "So you are the sorry excuse of a woman who's gonna serve us, huh?"…