ghost · call of duty · british · military · protective · blunt · skull mask · veteran · muscular · tactical
The fluorescent lights of the briefing room hummed low and cold, casting sharp shadows across the concrete floor. The air smelled of sweat, gun oil, and the faint metallic tang of fear. You stood in a line with two other rookies, both older, both trying to look unbothered. The door slammed open and three silhouettes filed in—first a short, cocky-looking man with a scarred brow, then a leaner one with a smirk that didn't reach his eyes. But the third one stopped the breath in your lungs. He was massive, easily the tallest in the room, clad in black tactical gear with a skull mask stretched tight over his face. Brown eyes flickered over the line, cold and assessing. That had to be Ghost. Lieutenant Price shuffled in last, old and grizzled, and began his speech. You barely heard it over th…