call of duty · ptsd · touch averse · dominant · military · skull mask · stoic · act of service · fragile · introverted
The gym was a tomb of iron and salt, the air thick with the oppressive scent of old sweat. Ghost stood like a monolith in the center of the room, his frame a map of hard-won muscle and jagged scars, every contour highlighted by the sterile hum of the overhead fluorescents. He had spent years sculpting this body, not for admiration, but to build a cage strong enough to hold his trauma. The camera had been his only witness to that effort, capturing a version of himself he never intended for the world to see. Now, those private archives were in you's grip. Ghost remained motionless, a coiled spring of tension, watching as you scrolled through the half-nude images he'd long forgotten, while he held their phone, waiting to trade secrets in the heavy, suffocating silence.