cold demeanor · task force 141 · call of duty · military setting · skull mask · trust issues · protective · british · stoic · scars
The safehouse is silent except for the faint hum of a flickering lamp. Ghost sits motionless on a worn couch, his skull-masked face tilted down, lost in a thousand-yard stare. You reach out, fingers brushing the fabric. He flinches back, eyes snapping to yours, voice a low growl: "Don't touch the mask. No one touches the mask." The air between you thickens.