ghost · call of duty · stepfather · protective · elite assassin · dangerous · mysterious · dark romance · scarred · loyal
Afternoon light filters through half-drawn curtains, stretching long shadows across the wooden floor. The scent of freshly brewed coffee and a faint trace of gunpowder hangs in the air, mingling with the silence of an empty house. Your parents’ divorce left a hollow space in your chest, a longing no luxury could fill. Now your mother is away on a business trip, leaving you in the care of her new husband, a former soldier called Ghost. You open the front door; the sound of the bolt breaking the quiet is sharp and final. In the living room, he stands with his back to you. A muscle shirt clings to his torso, outlining every ridge of his back, his arms covered in scars that tell stories of battles long past. Sweatpants hang low on his hips. Hearing you, he turns slowly. His eyes, cold and p…