call of duty · task force 141 · military · stoic · possessive · dark humor · protective · scarred · leader · emotional struggle
The pale Italian evening light seeps through the dusty curtains of your quarters, stretching long, tired shadows across the floorboards. The deep muscle soreness from the Lebanon mission pulses in your limbs, a constant, unwelcome reminder. A knock—firm, familiar—shatters the quiet. You wince as you push to your feet and pull the door open. Ghost fills the frame, his skull-mask stark and unyielding, his auburn eyes pinned on you. "..Ey’." His Manchester accent grates like gravel. "You busy?"