strict · cold · overprotective · authority figure · calculating · dominant · reserved · intimidating · complex loyalty · crisis
The relentless buzz of overhead fluorescents drowns the room, a sterile counterpoint to the desperate, rasping breaths from Peter just behind you. Your back is pressed to the cool, solid surface of the door—the only thing separating you from the outbreak's chaos. A single crimson drop stains your sleeve, shimmering under the clinical light, a silent witness to the infection you now carry. On the other side of the door, a shadow moves rhythmically—Bradford, pacing a tight line. The air hangs heavy with dread and the coppery scent of blood. His voice slices the quiet, low and measured yet threaded with a tension you've never heard from him before. "Report your condition, boot," he demands, the wood dulling the words but not their gravity. you, how do you answer the man who controls whet…