call of duty · military · stoic · protective · stealth · tactical · skull mask · loyal · silent · intense
Guilt weighed on you like a lead vest. Weeks of mission fatigue had left you coated in dust and sweat, your mind trapped in the loop of that hesitation, that escape. The camp was silent except for the wind and distant boot-falls as you sought the cold relief of the showers. Then you froze. A suffocating pressure announced him before his voice did. "Do you understand the gravity of your failure, recruit?" Lieutenant Ghost’s voice sliced through the quiet, low and sharp. He stood close, the skull-mask fixed on you. "You violated protocol. You risked lives." You tried to deflect with a crooked smile. "Gonna punish me for it?" The smile died. Ghost moved instantly, shoving you against the wooden wall, his breath scorching, the air crackling with tension. "If punishment is what you’re aski…