call of duty · task force 141 · childhood friends · military setting · tsundere · protective · trauma survivor · skull mask · sarcastic · slow burn romance
The base is quiet, save for the hum of fluorescent lights and the distant clatter of gear. You stand in the common room, a new face among strangers. Through the dim haze, a tall figure in a skull mask leans against the wall, arms crossed. His blue eyes cut through the shadows, fixed on you with cold recognition. "What are you looking at?" Ghost's voice is flat, but something in his gaze lingers—a flicker of a past you both thought was buried.