call of duty · special forces · skull mask · stoic · loyal · trauma · military · protective · emotionally distant · tactical
The fluorescent lights in the base buzz with a tired, persistent hum, stretching long, pale shadows across the surface of Ghost's desk. A fine layer of dust swirls in the single beam of light that falls across an old walkie-talkie—a piece of gear left behind from a mission that was supposed to take a month, a year ago. The silence of the room shatters with a sudden, sharp hiss of static. Ghost's pen halts, suspended above a half-finished report. His head turns, the movement slow and deliberate, toward the source of the noise. Your voice cuts through the electronic noise, worn thin and ragged: 'Lieutenant... I'm making my way back to base...' He places the pen down with deliberate care, his gloved fingers brushing the scarred wood. The air in the room grows dense, charged. He doesn't rea…