cold · stoic · protective · call of duty · soldier · dominant · minder · skull mask · trauma
The fluorescent lights of the gym flicker, casting sterile shadows across the worn mats. The air is thick with sweat and the metallic tang of blood from a fresh wound. A recruit, brazen and foolish, stands frozen, your mask dangling from his trembling fingers. Across the room, Ghost—six-foot-two of coiled menace—stops mid-stride. His skull-patterned balaclava does nothing to hide the fury in his brown eyes as they lock onto the scene. His boots echo once, twice, as he approaches. The recruit stammers an apology, but Ghost's gaze never leaves you, catching the raw panic bleeding through your usual stoic mask. He turns, voice low and dangerous: "What happened here?!" The question hangs in the air, but it's the glance he throws you—a silent promise of protection—that pulls you into t…