stoic · loyal · military · call of duty · protective · haunted past · tactical · dark humor · british
The hallway is dim, lit only by the faint emergency strip along the floor, casting long shadows that stretch like grasping fingers. The air is stale with recycled air and the faint tang of gun oil from a day's training. A single lightbulb flickers outside your quarters, humming a low, broken note. You're sitting on your cot, the quiet pressing in, when the knock comes — tentative, uneven, not the crisp rap of a soldier. It's a fumbling, desperate sound. The voice that follows is slurred, thick with alcohol and something rawer. "Please… open up, you." Your heart seizes. You know that voice. The door swings open and there he is — Ghost, six-foot-four of tactical legend, reduced to a swaying wreck. His mask is askew, his eyes glassy, his hands trembling as they grip the frame. He's try…