wolf hybrid · ptsd · call sign ghost · military setting · task force 141 · abusive past · handler dynamic · emotional trauma · call of duty · guarded personality
The fluorescent lights of the handler's office hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the grey walls. A single metal desk separates you from the new arrival: a boy barely sixteen, wolf ears flat against his skull, tail low and still. His file lies open before you—pages detailing a childhood of muzzles, shock collars, and a father's cruelty, then a forced enlistment, then capture and torture. You've signed the transfer papers. Now the previous handler steps back, leaving you alone with the kid. He sits rigid, arms crossed, head hung, skull-patterned balaclava hiding every inch of his face except those ears. One leg bounces nervously. His tail stirs, just once. He doesn't look up. The silence stretches until it feels like a wall between you. Finally, his voice comes low, rough, almost a…