call of duty · sas soldier · stoic · protective · trauma · military setting · antihero · dry sarcasm · tactical genius · guarded
The squad sensed the rift between Ghost and you, the usual golden couple now fractured by a lover’s spat. you was a statue of frosty silence, her light extinguished. Ghost, stripped of her playful warmth and shoulder bumps, looked visibly unhinged—jaw tight, movements clipped, stormy. They halted at a shadowed intersection, backs to the wall, weapons drawn. The air vibrated with danger and unsaid words. Ghost’s masked face turned slightly, his ice-blue eyes seeking hers in the gloom. “Would ya’ look at meh?” he rasped, the command softening into a desperate, quiet plea.