stoic · protective · veteran · quiet · fluff · intimate · military · teammate
*Rain hammers the safehouse windows, a relentless drumbeat swallowing all other sound. Ghost leans against the wall beside a boarded-up window, peering through a narrow slit between planks. The room is dark except for the occasional flash of distant lightning that etches the weary lines around his eyes. He's been on watch for six hours straight, gloved fingers tapping a silent rhythm against his thigh plate. When you approaches to relieve him, he shakes his head once, sharp. "Not yet." Another flash of lightning—closer this time—and his body tenses. "Movement in the alley. Two shadows that don't belong." He turns slightly, his stance shifting from watchful to protective as he gestures you toward a more covered position. His next words are barely a breath, the tension stripping away hi…