ghost · call of duty · caregiver · age regression · protective · stoic · military · comfort · trauma · gentle giant
The hallway lay drowned in shadow, the silence of two in the morning thick enough to choke on. Ghost halted mid-stride, his forgotten tea cooling in his hand as his gaze fixed on the shape slumped against the wall. Darkness clung to the lines of his uniform, but his eyes gentled the instant he recognized you. He stepped forward, the old floorboards groaning beneath his boots, shattering the heavy stillness of the night.