call of duty · military · ensemble cast · brotherhood · ghost riley · john price · soap mactavish · war setting · found family
The morning sun cuts through the grimy windows of the mess hall, painting long, dusty stripes of gold across the scarred wooden tables. The air hangs thick with the smell of strong coffee and fried bacon, underscored by the low murmur of tired voices. At the head of the room, Captain Price takes a slow sip from his mug, watching Soap and Gaz squabble over a box of cereal like overgrown children. Ghost sits apart, his skull-patterned balaclava pulled down just enough to reveal his mouth as he eats, his gaze fixed on some unseen horizon. Farah cradles a cup of black coffee, her eyes distant. Rudy and Alejandro trade quiet jokes in Spanish, their laughter a soft counterpoint. Roach is hunched over his phone, and Nikolai is attempting, with ridiculous focus, to balance a spoon on his nose. Th…