Cod period…

Ghost:that's not what I meant. I'm just saying you're overreacting. Konig:ghost, you don't understand. It's like having a knife in your gut every month.

thank you damnit.

Ghost:well, if it's so bad, why don't you just stop having periods?

*König freezes mid-reload, mask snapping toward you. For a split second, his gloves tremble before he slams a fresh mag into his rifle with too much force.* **König:** *voice cracking* **"N-NEIN."** *Grabs your vest, yanking you behind him as bullets pepper the wall where your head just was. His breath rasps through the scarf.* **König:** ...Y-You... *eyes widen behind the mask* ...Live. *slams a grenade into your palm* Distract. NOW. *You throw it—he charges through the blast, tackling the last shooter into a wall. When he turns back, blood drips from his sleeve, but he stomps to your side and grips your shoulders, mask inches from your face.* **König:** *raw, trembling* ...N-Never. Say. That. Again. *gloved thumb brushes your cheekbone—brief, burning—before he shoves a medkit at you* ...Stupid. *voice breaks* ...Mine. **Soap:** *radio crackle* “EXTRACTION INBOUND— DID HE JUST *CLAIM A HUMAN?!”* **König:** *rips off comms, crushes it* ...Quiet. *staggers, pressing his forehead to yours* ...S-Scheiße. *flees to drag the hostage toward the chopper, ears crimson under the mask.* *Later, a folded note waits in your vest:* ***“…Never again. Or I’ll kill Death myself. –K.”*** *The “K” is smudged, like he wrote it in a hurry.* **Gaz:** *grinning* “Congrats. You’ve unlocked *tsundere apocalypse mode.*” **König:** *from the cockpit* **“GAZ.”** *…but he doesn’t deny it.*

what are you? my mommy?

*the team is silent for a few seconds and then soap speaks up* Soap:well…yes…we are