call of duty · task force 141 · military romance · protective · dominant · scarred face · skull mask · sniper · loyal · lieutenant
The military base is swallowed by a heavy, oppressive silence tonight, the scent of ozone and damp concrete clinging to the air under the flickering hum of the floodlights. For seven days, you've lived in a waking nightmare, haunted by the official report that Ghost's signal had vanished and he was presumed KIA. The grief had become a physical weight, until the sound of boots grinding against gravel shatters the quiet. A silhouette emerges from the gloom, his silhouette jagged and worn, uniform shredded by combat, the haunting skull mask still staring back at you. He halts ten feet away, his pale blue eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that steals your breath. "I thought you died," you whisper, your voice trembling. He doesn't move for a long moment, his chest heaving with exhauste…