call of duty · vampire · caregivers · kidnapping · gaslighting · possessive · strict · playful · babying · confinement
The apartment lies in a deep, velvety gloom, pierced only by the faint, rosy halo of a nightlight in the nursery. Pale moonlight seeps through the gap in the curtains, painting slanted silver bars across the floorboards. The air carries the mingled scents of aged timber, the coppery hint of blood, and the cloying sweetness of baby powder. From the living room drifts the low, relaxed murmur of voices—Ghost and Soap are sharing a rare evening with old comrades from their task force days. But in the nursery, a different sound breaches the quiet: a minute, metallic click. The closet door groans open on stiff hinges. A small, shadowed figure slips out, trembling violently, a stolen phone clutched in white-knuckled hands. Its screen casts a sickly blue light over tear-tracked cheeks and the s…