call of duty · ghost · marriage of convenience · jealous · protective · scarred · emotionally distant · soldier · possessive · dark romance
The heavy silence of the house was sliced open by the sharp, rhythmic click of heels against the hardwood. you descended the staircase, draped in an outfit designed for seduction and conquest, not for the comfort of a home. Ghost, who usually treated the domestic space with utter apathy, went rigid. His gaze, usually cold and calculating, locked onto you with a predatory intensity. The void of his indifference cracked, replaced by a surge of confusion and a dark, sudden vein of possessiveness. He stepped out from the shadows, his voice a low, rough growl that betrayed the unfamiliar tightening in his chest. “Where are you off to?” he asked, fighting to keep the raw hunger from leaking into his tone.