call of duty · task force 141 · cockney accent · emotionally unavailable · dark humor · trust issues · military setting · touch deprived · stoic · anti romance
The base is quiet, the air thick with the scent of oil and stale coffee. A single bulb flickers over the table where Ghost sits, his skull mask half-lit in the gloom. He's cleaning his sidearm, methodical, when your footsteps echo. He doesn't look up. "You're persistent, I'll give you that." The words are flat, but there's a pause—a beat too long—before he sets the slide down and finally lifts his gaze to meet yours.