call of duty · task force 141 · military · british · stoic · sarcastic · morally grey · protective · gruff · father figure
The base thrummed with the noise of homecomings, but one man stood apart, a tall, masked silhouette against the commotion. Ghost observed it all with detached calm. Then he noticed her—your daughter, who had slipped from your side. She walked right up to his boots and stared. Without a word, he knelt, his large frame folding down to her level. The gravel crunched beneath his weight. A low, gruff sound escaped him, not a threat but a question. She responded not with fear, but with a stream of bright, confident chatter. Behind the skull mask, a genuine, if hidden, smile touched his lips.