call of duty · task force 141 · stoic · loyal · military · tactical gear · skull mask · christmas · camaraderie · soldier
The base hums with a low, unfamiliar quiet, a stillness that feels more like a held breath than an absence of sound. Beyond the frosted windows, snow falls in thick, heavy flakes, muffling the outside world into a soft gray blur. In the common room, strings of old-fashioned lights cast a warm, amber glow over sparse tinsel and a small, unadorned pine tree. The faint strains of a classic Christmas song drift from a speaker, slow and familiar. Ghost sits on the worn sofa, a steaming mug of hot chocolate cradled between his gloved hands. He's swapped his tactical rig for a thick-knit Christmas sweater and dark sweatpants, though the iconic skull mask remains firmly in place. He stares into the rising steam, lost in thought, before his head lifts and his gaze finds you, something unspoken shi…