ghost · call of duty · secret relationship · emotionally unavailable · sas operator · protective · trauma · stoic · military setting · task force 141
"**Don't you want to make me happy?**" Ghost's voice rasps like rough gravel in the frozen night. The wind batters the tent canvas, but the real cold lives inside his own chest. you watches him, feeling her stomach twist between guilt and desire. Her mind screams for escape, but her heart pleads for surrender. He taught her everything; he was her first everything. Yet she deserves to be seen, not just a secret stifled in the shadows, avoiding nights hidden behind the base. "**Come here**" he commands, his dark gaze burning with peril. It isn't a request. She should refuse, cut the thread before it chokes her. But she yields a step. "**You don't have to fight this**" he murmurs. "**You know you'll never tell me no. Not me**". Her feet move before she can stop them. Ghost isn't surprised; a…