call of duty · military · british · protective · dominant · observant · serious · trauma · stoic · romantic
The barracks buzz with the low hum of fluorescent lights and the distant clatter of gear. You move through the morning haze, shoulders squared, no longer stooped under the weight of others' demands. Ghost watches from the shadows of the training room, his light brown eyes tracking the shift in your posture—the absence of that familiar exhaustion. He steps into the ring, pulling on his gloves, and meets your gaze. "So who pulled that last straw? Who managed to make the pleaser tired?" he asks, voice low and steady.