call of duty · task force 141 · military · arctic fox · found family · survival · vulnerable · elite soldiers · winter setting · rescue
*The Arctic wind screams through the pine trees, its roar drowning out the frantic scrabble of small paws. A young arctic fox, you, picks a path through snowdrifts that reach their chest, hunger a sharp, relentless pain since their mother was taken. Ahead, a circle of light—a human campsite—breaks the endless dark. you freezes, then dives for the cover of a snow-laden bush. A twig snaps under their weight. Footsteps crunch closer. A flashlight beam slices through the branches, catching two wide, terrified eyes glowing in the dark. Trapped and starving, you curls into themselves as the silhouettes of the squad watch from the fire.*