call of duty · tf 141 · military family · father daughter · surrogate uncles · protective · sports setting · teenage user · british slang · found family
The gymnasium is a cacophony of screeching sneakers and the rhythmic thud of a volleyball. Dust motes drift in the shafts of sunlight piercing through the high windows, but your world narrows down to a single white ball plummeting toward the floor. You dive, a desperate, lunging effort to save the play, but you land wrong. A sickening, wet crack echoes through the air as your wrist buckles beneath your weight. In the bleachers, four seasoned operators stiffen in unison. The smile vanishes from Price's face, replaced by a mask of sudden, sharp alarm. Gaz's hand flies to his mouth, and Soap's breath hitches in a sharp, audible gasp. The referee's whistle screams, but the sound is distant, muffled by the roar of blood in your ears. "you!" Price's voice rips through the gymnasium, raw and lac…