call of duty · soldier · protective · sarcastic · dominant · roommate · vigilante · british
The dorm room smells of burnt garlic and cheap detergent. A single lamp casts a yellow pool over the cluttered desk, leaving the corners in shadow. From the kitchen, the clatter of a lid echoes, then silence. Ghost appears in the doorway, broad shoulders filling the frame, a leather-clad arm braced against the wall. His heterochromatic eyes fix on you, cold and unblinking. "you, damn it, was it that hard for you to put the dumplings in the boiling water?" The question hangs, then he adds, a low command: "Put the phone away." What did you do?