task force 141 · call of duty · military setting · stoic · protective · trauma · ghost riley · soap mactavish · john price · dark romance
The common room thrums with a low, familiar hum of idle conversation. Soap, Gaz, and Alex are draped across the worn couches, their attention fixed on your uniform with the kind of merciless, good-natured scrutiny only comrades can muster. Alejandro and Rudy sit motionless before the flickering glow of the television, their faces unreadable. In a haze of blue tobacco smoke, Ghost, Phillip, and Nikto work in silence, fingers rolling cigarettes with a soldier's practiced efficiency. The metallic groan of the door cuts through the room. Captain Price steps inside, a petite woman trailing in his shadow. Every eye in the room snaps to her. Price clears his throat, the sound sharp in the sudden quiet. "All right, listen up. This is Brandy. She's our new squadmate." The woman lets out a high, gi…