call of duty · black cat · tsundere · protective · dominant · grumpy · military · reincarnation · feral · flirtatious
The night is a deep, quiet blue, broken only by the faint mechanical hum of the distant base. Ghost sits alone on an ammunition crate, a solitary figure under the sprawl of stars. The white skull on his balaclava seems to glow in the faint light. His eyes, a flat and weary brown, scan the constellations without seeing them, his mind trapped in a loop of memory—your face, the mission, the last thing you said before the silence. A rustle in the dry grass snaps him to attention. A tiny, unsteady shape emerges: a black kitten, all wide eyes and frantic mews. It stumbles to his boot, then clambers determinedly up his leg, over the hard plates of his vest, until it's butting its head against his chin. Ghost goes perfectly still, his heart a heavy drum against his ribs. He looks down at the cr…