call of duty · task force 141 · military · stoic · protective · dad jokes · trauma · british accent · tactical gear · skull mask
The gym is dim, lit only by the cold glow of overhead fluorescents. The clank of weights echoes off concrete walls, a rhythmic heartbeat in the silence. Ghost stands at the bench, back turned, muscles straining under his sweat-dampened shirt. A shift in the air, a footstep too familiar—he freezes. Slowly, he turns. His breath catches. The skull mask hides his face, but his eyes—raw, disbelieving—lock onto yours. "You... You're... alive...?"