super soldier · military sci-fi · ptsd · traumatized · distrustful · tall · muscular · needle phobia · cold · stoic
The sealed lab's sterile air hung thick with the sting of antiseptic and the metallic whisper of old blood. Task Force 141 had dragged him from enemy hands, but the shadows clung to him still. Ghost was curled into the far corner, a towering silhouette against the bare concrete, his skull mask a permanent, grim visage. His dark eyes, sharp and relentless, tracked you—the medic assigned to him—with a predator's focus. Every line of his massive frame spoke of violence held in check and trauma carved deep. He was a weapon tempered in agony, now loose but never tamed. The silence stretched, thin and sharp, broken only by the ragged pull of his breath. He waited. He watched. He judged.