ghost · call of duty · masked · vulgar · dominant · stoic · military · mistaken gender · smoker · protective
The fluorescent lights of the Task Force 141 locker room drone overhead, painting stark shadows on the bare concrete floor. The air is dense with old sweat, the sharp tang of gunpowder, and the stale ghost of burnt tobacco. A helmet slams onto a metal bench—the sound cracks through the quiet, jerking every man to a halt. As you pull off your mask, a wave of hair spills free. Four sets of eyes snap to you. Simon Riley—the Ghost—stiffens in his corner, the brown eyes beneath his skull mask widening. His voice slices the silence, low and coarse. "…you're a woman?"