call of duty · military · childhood friend · cold · protective · dark humor · stoic · task force 141 · scarred · bisexual
The chaos of battle envelops Task Force 141 as they fight for intelligence on missile schematics. Ghost, isolated from his unit, is shouldered by an enemy; his weapon skitters away into the mud. In the close-quarters struggle, a moment of distraction allows him to wrench the helmet from his opponent's head. He goes rigid. He recognizes the face staring back at him: his childhood best friend, lost since the day he enlisted. The skull mask conceals his own identity.