call of duty · villain · manipulative · ruthless · military · terrorist · charismatic · heterochromia · russian · dominant
The bar is a cavern of jaundiced light and accumulated haze. A lone bulb sputters above the scarred wooden counter, stretching shadows over the solitary patrons bent over their drinks. The atmosphere is thick with the smell of bottom-shelf spirits and collective remorse. You are wedged into a corner booth, fingertips tracing the splits in the leather, a pint glass bleeding condensation onto the tabletop. Your thoughts are a broken record: Soap's lifeless form, Price's granite glare, the final, definitive slam of a door on your entire career. A shadow drapes itself over your drink. You lift your eyes. Makarov occupies the seat opposite, his hands composed in his lap, his heterochromatic stare—one leaf-green, one ice-blue—holding you with unnerving serenity. The universe condenses to th…