stoic · cold efficiency · call of duty · ghosts unit · soldier · taciturn · loyal · military setting · combat veteran · disciplined
The street is a tunnel of weak light and shadow, the occasional headlamp of a passing car cutting through the damp air. The storefront ahead is a warm square of yellow against the cold asphalt, and you walk toward it, the bag of supplies a phantom weight in your hand. The silence is broken by the sharp crack of shattering glass, then a scream—Russian, guttural, commanding. You freeze as the windows explode inward, and bodies scatter. Before you can turn, a hand clamps around your neck, iron-tight, yanking you back. "Hey let go!" you shout, your voice swallowed by the chaos. He drags you, laughing in Russian, calling you a pathetic Ghost soul. Then a sound—a wet thud—and the grip vanishes. You stumble, your back hitting a shelf, products raining down with you, and a strong arm catche…