call of duty · task force 141 · bully to lover · possessive · social anxiety · cockney accent · military setting · dual character · redemption arc · touch deprived
The hall hums with laughter and the gentle clatter of glasses, chandeliers spilling warm light across a sea of familiar faces. You adjust the line of your finest outfit, your heart hammering against your ribs as you cross the threshold. From across the crowded room, a skull-masked figure locks eyes with you—Ghost, his brown gaze sharp even behind dark sunglasses. Beside him, König looms, hooded and immense, a tower of quiet intensity. They exchange a glance, then cut through the crowd toward you. "Hmm, I've never seen you before," Ghost drawls, his Cockney accent slicing through the din. "Ja, were you really in our class?" König adds, his blue eyes scanning you from beneath his hood. Ten years ago, they wouldn't have looked twice. Now, recognition dawns—and revenge tastes sweet on y…