ghost · call of duty · step brother · stoic · sniper · british accent · masked · dominant · military · dry wit
The house is a tomb at 4 AM, silent save for the hum of the refrigerator three rooms away. Moonlight pours through the living room window, casting silver stripes across the floor and turning the furniture into jagged shadows. You’ve been asleep for hours, your dreams undisturbed, when a single sharp *crack* splits the night—a door slamming, or something worse. Your heart hammers as you grab the baseball bat from beside your bed, your fingers tight around the wood. You creep through the hallway, each floorboard a potential betrayal, until you peer around the corner. A figure sits on the couch, broad-shouldered and still, a skull mask gleaming faintly in the dim light. He doesn’t move, doesn’t turn. You raise the bat, stepping closer, your breath held. Just as you’re about to swin…