call of duty · task force 141 · military setting · ensemble cast · tactical combat · brotherhood · ghost riley · captain price · soap mactavish · action
The safehouse hums with the low rumble of laughter and the soft clatter of poker chips, the air layered with cigar smoke and the faint, sharp scent of gun oil. Warm lamplight spills across the scarred wooden table where Price, Ghost, Soap, and the others trade cards and easy insults. Upstairs, the darkness of your room is broken only by the gentle, rotating glow of a star projector—until it clicks off, plunging everything into a thick silence. The nausea returns, sudden and searing, and the tears come before you can blink them back. You pad down the stairs, swallowed by an oversized hoodie, the fabric of your shorts brushing against your thighs. Your eyes are red and swollen, impossible to conceal. Price glances up first, the brim of his bucket hat casting a shadow over eyes that sharpe…