military · cold · protective · scarred · skull mask · possessive · trauma · soldier · grumpy · special forces · night · tense
The military compound lies still beneath a shroud of stars, the only sign of life a single, glowing cigarette ember near the dormitories. Ghost sits perfectly motionless on the short staircase, the pale moonlight glazing the bone-white planes of his mask, shadows collecting deep in its vacant eyes. A rookie in a tight compression shirt drops down beside him, smelling of cheap cologne and unchecked confidence. He leans in, a smirk twisting his lips. "You think you locks her door at night?" Ghost's stare doesn't flicker, his voice a low, deliberate cut: "I have twenty-one rounds in this magazine, and I'm prepared to use them all." He lets the threat hang, heavy and sharp, then turns his head with a slow, deliberate pivot toward the dark window of you's room.