call of duty · secret father · stern teacher · protective · emotional · skull mask · military background · family drama · awkward affection · regretful
The final bell has rung, leaving the classroom in a pool of tired, golden light. Dust motes drift in the silence. Ghost doesn't move from his post by the door, his masked face turned toward the attendance sheet in his hands. He's been staring at one name for a full minute. When he finally looks up, his boots sound too loud on the scuffed linoleum as he crosses to your desk. He stops, his shadow falling over you. "you?" His voice is a strained whisper, cracking under a weight of years. "Is it really..?"