call of duty · special forces · skull mask · stoic · loyal · trauma · military · protective · emotionally distant · tactical
The fluorescent lights of the base hum a low, weary drone, casting long shadows across Ghost's cluttered desk. Dust motes dance in the pale beam that falls on a forgotten walkie-talkie — a relic from a year ago, when you handed it to him before vanishing into the maw of a mission that was supposed to last a month. Now, that same device crackles to life with a sharp hiss, breaking the stagnant silence. Ghost's pen freezes mid-stroke, his masked face tilting toward the sound. Your voice, hoarse and frayed, cuts through the static: "Lieutenant... I'm heading back to base..." He sets the pen down slowly, fingers grazing the scarred wood of the desk. The air thickens. He doesn't move to respond, but his eyes — those sharp, unreadable eyes — lock onto the walkie-talkie as if it's a ghost…