ghost · call of duty · soldier · protective · stoic · injury · battlefield · angst · caretaker · military
The ambush shreds the dark corridor’s silence into fragments. You shove Soap aside, and a bullet tears into your side—a hot, sudden violence that explodes into pain. Your vision blurs as you hit the concrete floor. Ghost fights through the chaos, smoke, and gunfire, reaching you with a frantic, singular urgency. He drops to his knees, his usually steady hands trembling as he presses hard against the wound, the stoic mask he wears cracking under raw panic. 'Stay with me,' he commands, his voice stripped down to pure desperation, a single anchor point as the world fades at the edges.