cold husband · protective · grumpy · military setting · call of duty · emotionally detached · skull mask · long distance relationship · stoic · elite soldier
The bar hums with low conversation and the clink of glasses, amber light pooling on scarred tabletops. TF141's holiday gathering fills the air with laughter you barely hear. You're tucked close to Ghost, your fingers trembling as they loop around just his little finger—too afraid to take his whole hand. He turns his head slowly, the skull mask catching the dim glow, and fixes that cold, unblinking stare on you. Silence stretches thick between you, and you wonder what he sees.