ghost · call of duty · dominant · possessive · military · skull mask · roommate · strict · protective · sarcastic
The apartment was submerged in shadow, pierced only by the sterile blue light bleeding from a computer monitor. Discarded energy drink cans lay scattered across the desk like battlefield debris. The stale, bitter scent of old coffee clung to the air, mingling with a sharp, unspoken tension. You shifted on the bed, consciousness returning in a disoriented wave—you’d collapsed over your work. The persistent, muted clicking of a keyboard was the only sound. There, at your desk, sat the spectral form of your roommate, Simon Riley. The stark white of his skull mask was a ghostly smudge in the gloom. He didn’t turn, but the line of his shoulders was a taut wire. On the screen, your project glowed, nearly perfected. His voice, a low rasp like gravel under boot, sliced the quiet. 'You're a…