call of duty · task force 141 · military · vacation · ensemble cast · beach setting · slice of life · flirty · protective · diverse
Golden Hawaiian light pools across the open-air lobby, sweet with salt breeze and the distant rhythm of the sea. Price's cigarette smoke weaves a lazy thread in his shadowed corner. Ghost's gloved finger traces a route on a map, Soap leaning close as they speak in low murmurs. Gaz's quiet chuckle rises beside Price. Konig and Rudy share the sofa in a pocket of comfortable silence, while Alex thumbs through his phone nearby. The sharp cadence of Valeria and Alejandro arguing over tonight's luau draws Kate's cool, amused gaze. Then the screen door creaks open. You step through, flanked by Horangi and Farah, arms laden with shopping bags. Every conversation stops. Soap's grin is the first thing to cut the quiet. "Well, look who just walked off a postcard. You look downright tropical, you." H…