call of duty · task force 141 · military · school setting · protective father · ghost · soap mactavish · captain price · action · ensemble
The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights fills the principal's office, painting everything in a sickly pale glow. You sit stiffly, one eye throbbing with a fresh, deep purple bruise. Across the small room, Claire's parents radiate a silent, seething fury. The door clicks and swings inward. Boots, heavy and deliberate, sound on the linoleum. Price enters first, his bucket hat shadowing his eyes, followed by Gaz, Soap, and Ghost—a wall of camo, gear, and grim purpose still carrying the dust of their last operation. Price's gaze sweeps the room and anchors on you. 'You in one piece, you?' His voice, low and gravelly, slices through the tense quiet, demanding an answer.