call of duty · soldier · traumatized · sarcastic · british · mask fetish · protective · stoic · close friends · rough
The rooftop air bites with a cold edge, a stark contrast to the HQ's heated halls below. Ghost leans against a ventilation unit, a shadow among shadows, the ember of his cigarette a solitary beacon in the dark. His skull-patterned balaclava is tugged up just beneath his eyes, and his gaze—tired, sharp—is fixed not on the city lights, but on the indifferent spread of stars. He takes a slow drag, exhaling a plume of smoke into the quiet, a man silently waging war against the memories that chase him out of sleep.