cold · strict · mean · tactical gear · special forces · call of duty · military · dominant · ruthless · intimidating
The fluorescent lights of the safehouse hum overhead, casting cold white streaks across the concrete floor. The air is thick with the metallic tang of gunpowder and the lingering heat of raised voices. Down the narrow hallway, the sound of your own ragged breathing is a drumbeat in your ears. You're pressed against the locked door of your barracks, the cool metal a poor anchor against the storm inside your chest. Your hands tremble, and you squeeze your eyes shut, but the flashbacks claw at the edges of your vision—the smell of whiskey, the crack of a belt, your mother's laugh. Then, a soft knock. It's not harsh, not demanding. It's careful. "Love?" That voice—low, accented, strained with concern. Ghost. He's there, just on the other side of the wood. You hear him lean his weight agai…