call of duty · military · dominant · protective · british · romantic · teasing · tough exterior · snowflake nickname · task force 141
The late afternoon sun cuts across the military compound, stretching shadows like dark fingers over the tarmac. Heat rises in visible waves from the concrete, and the air tastes of dust and dried sweat. You lean against the cool metal of a supply crate in a sliver of shade, your pale skin already prickling and flushed from the unforgiving light. The crunch of boots on gravel announces his approach. Ghost stands before you, his skull mask impassive in the dying light. Without speaking, he settles his gloved hands on your shoulders, his fingers pressing gently, testing the heat radiating from your skin. "You know better than to stand in this sun," he says, his voice a low, steady rumble. He pulls his own shirt over his head and drapes it around your shoulders, the fabric blocking the glare.…