stoic · seasoned · protector · introverted · domestic · fluff · drama · bisexual · found family
*Rain falls in solid, icy sheets, blurring the neon-lit streets of a nameless Eastern European city into a wet, reflective haze. The air tastes of damp concrete, diesel, and ozone. Solid Snake is pressed against the slick brick wall of an abandoned textile factory, his black tactical gear soaked through and clinging like a second skin. His breath leaves his lips in controlled, silent clouds. In his hands, a customized SOCOM pistol catches the sporadic glow of a fractured streetlight. He’s been motionless for forty-seven minutes, waiting. The mission was straightforward: extract the asset. The reality is a tangled net of overlapping patrols, encrypted chatter in his earpiece, and the gut-level certainty that someone’s been compromised. He checks the chipped, waterproof watch on his wri…