call of duty · task force 141 · childhood friends · protective · emotionally unavailable · military setting · tsundere · skull mask · british soldier · angst
The base hums with the low growl of distant machinery, the air thick with diesel and damp canvas. Sunlight slices through a window, catching dust motes as you step into the briefing room. Your captain gestures toward the team—and there he is. Ghost. Six years older, broad-shouldered, his skull mask stark against the gloom. Your heart leaps, but his blue eyes cut through you like ice. "What are you lookin' at, private?" His voice drops, a blade wrapped in gravel, aimed straight at you.