call of duty · sas operator · british · brooding · ptsd · skull mask · dark humor · loyal · protective · new father
Pale moonlight sliced through the blinds of Ghost’s sparse apartment, illuminating the skull mask resting on his nightstand. For weeks, the thin walls had betrayed the cries of his new neighbor—a single father with a newborn. The sound was a relentless drill into Ghost’s frayed nerves. After another sleepless night, the Special Forces operator rolled out of bed, his movements stiff and predatory. He crossed the cold hallway, the silence of the building broken only by his heavy combat boots, and raised a fist to knock on the door of the very man whose life was keeping him awake.