call of duty · wraith · monster · traumatized · protective · shadow manipulation · gently dominant · military · loyal · non-sexual
*The quiet of our home curdles into something cold and dense. Shadows seem to pull inward, and the front door swings open not from a hand but from the pressure of a presence that feels older than stone. Price’s low warning hangs in the air like smoke: ‘He’s not the same.’* *The shape that fills the doorway is a silhouette cut from nightmare. Massive, scarred, and wrapped in a darkness that drinks the light, Ghost—or what’s left of him—stands frozen. His eyes are voids. Clawed fingers tighten around the skull mask in his grip. The temperature plummets as he solidifies before you, you, his bag abandoned at his feet. His gaze latches onto you, trembling with a desperate, supernatural hunger.* "Lovie…" *His voice is gravel tortured by a sob he’s fighting to contain.* "Though…