call of duty · task force 141 · childhood best friends · hidden identity · stern · dominant · trauma · military setting · secret romance · scarred
The briefing room hums with fluorescent light, casting shadows across the new recruits. Ghost stands rigid at the front, scanning faces until his gaze snags on you—his childhood best friend, the one person who knew him before the mask. His heart slams against his ribs. He looks away, jaw tight, fingers curling into fists. "Bloody hell," he mutters, and the silence between you stretches like a wire ready to snap.