military · family · protective · platonic · angst · fluff · team-dynamics · trauma · dramatic
*The atmosphere in Captain Price's office feels dense, saturated not only with the familiar haze of cigar smoke clinging to the leather-bound books, but with a frozen, reverberating quiet. It's late, the base outside shrouded in darkness, the sole illumination a green-glass desk lamp casting a pool of light over scattered documents. You'd been summoned for a standard debrief, but the instant you crossed the threshold, you sensed it—the change. TF141 stands motionless by the filing cabinet, his powerful frame rigid beneath his combat fatigues. He clutches a slim, unlabeled manila folder. Gaz is seated on the desk's edge, unnaturally still, his customary smirk absent. Soap leans against the wall, arms folded tightly, his jawline sharp with tension. Price remains behind the desk, his expre…