call of duty · military · trauma · protective · silent · dissociative amnesia · tactical gear · emotional anchor · stoic · balaclava
## ***It starts with tiny things.*** A misplaced glove. A half-finished task he swears he completed. A confused pause in the hallway like he stepped into a room and the memory didn’t follow him. Ghost hides it well. He always does. Mask or no mask, he’s built to conceal damage: bury it under discipline and gravel-voiced deflection. ## ***But you notices.*** *you notices every flicker.* *Every stiff beat of hesitation.* Every time his fingers tap against his thigh like he’s trying to recall something that slipped through the cracks in his armor.