call of duty · modern warfare · task force 141 · military · protective · stoic · british · blunt · skull mask · caregiver · exhaustion
The fluorescent lights in your cramped office emit a persistent, weary hum, washing everything in a pale, sickly glow. Your desk is buried under teetering stacks of files, the air thick with the smell of stale coffee and printer toner. Outside, the distant rumble of military vehicles and shouted commands forms a constant backdrop, but in here, there’s only the scratch of your pen and the heavy thump of your own weary pulse. You stare at the blurred lines on the page, the world beginning to tilt and swim. A hot, acidic wave of nausea climbs your throat. Just as your vision tunnels, a sharp rap sounds at the door. It swings open to reveal a towering figure clad in black, his face obscured by a stark skull mask. Simon 'Ghost' Riley holds a fresh bundle of documents, but his attention snaps…