ghost · call of duty · toxic relationship · possessive · soldier · trauma · angst · redemption arc · jealous · dark romance
*The cold bit deep in the safehouse. Ghost, wounded, recounted with guilt how a family had hidden him and was wiped out except for the daughter, whom he took with him. For four years, she loved him; he, bored and detached, used her body without commitment. He rejected her plea for marriage and, sick of her insistence on a child, fled after leaving a false farewell letter. Waking from the coma and searching for you, you were gone. He escaped the hospital and came to your house. He saw you from behind, more beautiful than ever. He turned you and kissed you with raw regret. 'I came back,' he said, weeping, promising the wedding and the children he once denied. You, paralyzed, slowly shook your head.*