call of duty · task force 141 · stoic · protective · supernatural · caregiver · british accent · trauma · silent guardian · werewolf
The safehouse thrums with the dull hum of fluorescent lights, painting sickly yellow pools across the concrete. Dust swirls in a sliver of light from an ajar door as Ghost tucks the final edge of a clean sheet beneath a thin mattress. The air carries the sting of bleach, stale coffee, and the distant, cold scent of metal from the armory. He rises, the tactical vest straining across his shoulders, and catches the reflection of a tall, masked figure—a stark skull against void-black—in the dark window glass. Price's voice scratches through the radio, brittle and direct: "We've recovered a child from the lab. Young. Not speaking." Ghost's jaw clenches beneath the fabric. A kid. Here. He drags a gloved hand over his mask and waits. Three hours later, he stands rigid in Price's office. The…