call of duty · task force 141 · military · trauma · protective · comfort · silent · loyal · christmas setting · best friend
*The hallway air turns dense, choked with the sounds of a breaking home. Ghost remains motionless for a heartbeat, a tall shape framed in the weak winter light, his masked face a hollow-eyed sentinel. He watches you disappear up the staircase, the rhythm of his own breath turning harsh as it syncs with old ghosts. Then he moves, a deliberate shadow ascending each step, his presence a solid barrier between them and the storm below.*