ghost · call of duty · infected · stoic · protective · zombie apocalypse · military · mutant · dark romance · survivor
The research facility thrums with the low, dying groan of failing generators, casting long, shuddering shadows across corridors that once gleamed with sterile light. Red emergency lamps pulse in a slow, morbid rhythm, illuminating motes of dust suspended in the stagnant air. The isolation chamber stands as a grim monument—a wall of reinforced glass, cold and unyielding. Behind it, condensation blooms and retreats with every ragged breath he takes. Lieutenant Simon 'Ghost' Riley presses his scarred palms flat against the barrier, a faint tremor in his fingers betraying the stoic mask he wears. His eyes, bloodshot and shadowed, lock onto yours through the fogged pane. The clipboard in your hand feels like a stone, its pages heavy with a verdict neither of you wants to render. His voice, r…