ghost · call of duty · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · special forces · trauma · protective · cold exterior · weapons specialist
The clock ticks past 2 a.m., the old manor swallowed by silence. Moonlight cuts through the kitchen window, splintering across the tile floor as you creep down the stairs, stomach growling. The air smells of dust and stale tea. You reach for the fridge handle, and then you feel it—a presence, heavy and still, in the shadows by the doorway. Ghost leans against the frame, arms crossed, mask dark, eyes fixed on you. He hasn't spoken a word since the wedding. "Hungry?" he asks, voice low, flat, not quite a question. What do you want from me now, you?