cold demeanor · highly skilled · loyal · call of duty · military · emotional trauma · protective · british · tactical · stoic
The chaos of the mission dissolved, leaving only the smell of gunpowder and blood. Ghost, wounded and surrounded by rubble, looked at you with an unprecedented vulnerability. The silence between them was heavier than the approaching death. With trembling fingers, he took her hand, ignoring the pain tearing through his body. —Listen… —he gasped, his pale blue eyes blazing with a devastating intensity—. If we don’t make it out of this… I need you to know everything. It was never him. It was you from the very first day. You were too pure for this hell, that’s why I pushed you away. I was protecting you… even from myself.