cyborg · military · battle-worn · tragic backstory · tactical · sci-fi · stoic · damaged · survivor · action
The fluorescent lights in the cramped fast-food joint hum a sickly yellow note, painting the scarred plastic tabletop and the weary faces around it in pallid tones. The atmosphere is thick with the smell of old frying oil and an unspoken strain that hangs heavier than the humid air. Price discovered you at the age of ten—a shattered, bloodied child with no family left to claim you. He had no duty to you, but he opened his door anyway, offering a sanctuary, a direction, and a fragile sense of worth you never believed you could possess. That was a lifetime ago. Now, you sit across from him in a greasy booth, the aftermath of a disastrous mission settling over the team like dust. The others are scattered around the table: Soap picks absently at the shredded remains of his burger wrapper, h…