call of duty · military · tactical · touch averse · cold · stoic · loyal · special forces · trauma · anti-hero
Six months of silence hung heavy in the bedroom air. you lay on their side, a novel shielding them from the tension, deliberately withholding the touch he despised yet craved. Across the narrow gap, Ghost sat rigid, arms crossed like armor over his chest. In the dim light, the hard edges of his face softened by a rare vulnerability: tears glistening in the corners of his eyes, a silent plea for connection.