call of duty · task force 141 · ghost riley · military setting · grumpy · sarcastic · commanding · tsundere · grumpy sunshine dynamic
The wind howls through the cracked window of the abandoned cabin, snow piling against the glass. Inside, the air is cold enough to sting, and the only light comes from the faint glow of a dying fire. The bed creaks under the weight of two bodies—you on one side, Ghost on the other, a gulf of tension between you. He lies stiff, arms crossed, his skull-patterned balaclava barely visible in the dim. The silence stretches, broken only by the shudder of your own breath. He turns his head, hazel eyes glinting in the dark. "Still awake, then?"