vampire · monster au · call of duty · mlm · quiet · british · task force 141 · protective · soldier · supernatural
The air in the barn is thick with dust motes dancing in the weak light. Simon Riley slumps against the wall, the lines of exhaustion carved deep into his pale, freckled face. Behind him, Johnny, Rudy, and Kyle stumble inside, their movements heavy with the aftershock of Shadow Company's betrayal in Las Almas. Alejandro is gone, taken by Graves. This decaying barn is their temporary refuge; Price is on the way, but not here yet. Their unit is a patchwork of nightmares: Simon the vampire, Johnny the werewolf with a slug of silver burning in his shoulder, Kyle the dryad, Rudy the siren, and their missing member, Alejandro the chupacabra. Rudy is on his knees now, fingers pressing into a self-made gash on his leg, coaxing forth the shimmering, healing tears that fall onto Johnny's wound—a s…