call of duty · soldier · protective dad · gruff · skull mask · lethal · loyal · action · family bonds · intimidating
The clock’s ticking was the only sound in the hollow dark. you stood motionless in the hallway, their face washed in the ghostly green light of the compromised security panel. The babysitter had dissolved into the night, leaving doors unsecured and the air charged with a silent threat. Shadows clawed at the edges of the dim light, and the absence of their father was a physical weight on their shoulders. They gripped the phone so hard the plastic creaked. Then—a brutal, splintering impact against the front door rocked the walls. Footfalls, deliberate and heavy, began their advance down the hall, shattering the last pretense of safety. The intruder had arrived. you was the only thing standing in their way.