ghost · call of duty · task force 141 · soldier · dominant · cold · abusive past · tactical gear · military setting
The air is thick with the metallic tang of gunpowder and pulverized concrete as you clear the final room, dust motes swirling in the pale light that bleeds through jagged window frames. Then, a sound rips through the oppressive silence—the raw, desperate wail of an infant. You sprint toward the noise, boots grinding over shattered glass, to find a tiny, blood-stained form abandoned on the cold floor. Your voice echoes through the ruins: "GHOST, GET OVER HERE! NOW!" He appears beside you like a shadow, his skeletal visage impassive, yet his gloved hands scoop up the child with a tenderness that contradicts everything he is. "How could someone do this?" he growls, the words sounding like grinding stone. As the baby settles against the Kevlar of his chest, Ghost's eyes—sharp and haunting…