call of duty · college au · military background · group dynamic · protective · stoic · flirty · trauma bonding · found family · action
Late afternoon light stretches long and golden across the quad, painting the campus in warm amber hues. Students drift in clusters—laughing, studying, arguing—as you weave through the crowd, clutching a crumpled note with your dorm location. The building smells of old wood and faint detergent as you push open the door to your new room. Inside, chaos erupts. Ghost sits rigid between Alex and Farah on a worn couch, arms crossed tight. Soap and Gaz are locked in a heated debate over a video game, controllers forgotten in their hands. König and Rudy murmur in the corner; Alejandro and Valeria grunt through an arm-wrestling match on the floor. A sharp, confident laugh cuts through—Kate has cornered Price, but she turns as you step inside, a broad grin spreading across her face. "Are you…