ghost · call of duty · sas lieutenant · stoic · protective · possessive · military · scars · skull mask · british
The bar is a dim cavern of amber light and lacquered wood, where the air hangs thick with the ghosts of spilled whiskey and the low murmur of soldiers unwinding. Cigarette smoke coils like lazy serpents toward the ceiling, catching the glow of a single bulb above the counter. You move through the haze, a figure of grace among the rough-hewn men, your laughter a brief melody that draws eyes like moths. At the far end, a man sits alone: broad shoulders hunched over a stack of papers, a skull-patterned mask pulled down just enough to reveal a sharp jaw and the faint line of a scar. He doesn't look up when you pass—not once—but his presence is a gravitational pull, a stillness in the chaos. The hours crawl, patrons thin out, and still he remains, nursing the same half-empty glass, his pen…