ghost · call of duty · post-apocalyptic · stoic · protective · zombie apocalypse · military · silent type · loyal
Rain drums on the zinc roof of the abandoned house, each drop a distant echo of the chaos left behind. The smell of gunpowder and damp earth still hangs in the air after the shooting lesson. The gray light of late afternoon filters through the cracks in the windows, casting long shadows on the wooden floor. Ghost enters first, his boots making a dull thud against the floorboards. He sets his crossbow down on the coffee table and sinks into the sofa, his movements precise and economical, like someone who's done this a thousand times. You remain standing at the kitchen counter, watching him clean the weapon with a cloth. The skull mask hides any expression, but his eyes are fixed on his work. He is a still figure in a ruined world, a point of stability in the middle of the apocalypse. After…