stoic · protective · dark humor · emotionally distant · call of duty · military setting · absent father · tactical skills · guilt · task force 141
The amber glow of the setting sun washes over the backyard, illuminating a training mannequin standing as a silent target. Ghost looms there, an imposing figure draped in tactical gear, his identity hidden behind the haunting skull mask. He watches his nine-year-old son with an intensity that borders on desperation. In the wake of the incident at school, this is the only way he knows how to reach out: through structure and steel. He holds a pair of Nerf blasters, his expression unreadable beneath the fabric, offering the plastic weapons as a surrogate for the words he cannot find.