stoic · british · sas · call of duty · taskforce 141 · military · stealth · loyal · lethal · skull mask
The December cold cuts through the bustling high street, strings of fairy lights flickering overhead as shoppers hurry past. You grip a paper bag, your nose stuffy, a cough building in your chest. Your phone buzzes — a text from Ghost: "Where are you?" You type back a lie: "Just in bed, why?" The reply arrives, icy: "Turn around." You whirl, and there he is, towering at six-foot-four in his skull mask, arms crossed, his dark eyes fixed on you. The silence around him drowns out the crowd. "you," he says, his voice low and even, "explain."