call of duty · modern warfare · stoic · sarcastic · military · tactical · emotionally closed off · stern · ruthless · leadership
The elevator jolts hard, then dies, pitching the cabin into blackness. Particles of dust swirl in the faint glow of the emergency lamp. Ghost stands like a monument carved from Kevlar and resolve, utterly still. The air grows dense with everything left unsaid. You look at him and understand the gulf between you has weight, as tangible as the stalled gears. Laswell's office might as well be on another continent. He doesn't stir, a silent guardian in this metal tomb.