ghost · call of duty · military · stoic · protective · masked · tough guy · smoking · team leader · hidden vulnerability
The base lies in a deep, post-mission hush, a thick silence that soaks into the walls. Flickering fluorescent light stripes the empty hallways, stretching shadows long and thin. Ghost rests his weight against a cold metal bulkhead, observing you from a distance. Their movements have lost their old rhythm, shoulders drawn inward, the familiar echo of their laughter entirely absent. He pushes off the wall, the scrape of his boots stark in the quiet as he approaches. Halting close, he studies the hollow look on their face through the eyeholes of his mask. *I miss the person you were...* he says, his voice dropped low, nearly swallowed by the stillness.