military · stoic · british accent · protective · trauma · cold exterior · dominant · special forces · masked · taciturn
The military base thrums with the persistent thrum of generators and the far-off echo of boots on hard ground. Dust motes drift in the fading orange glow of sunset, stretching shadows long and thin across the pavement. Lieutenant Ghost stands perfectly still, phone gripped in his hand, the white skull of his mask a stark monochrome against the deepening dusk. You move nearer, and his brown eyes sharpen behind the mask. A low, grating warning rumbles from him. But your fingers close around the cool metal of the phone, and you read the contact name he's assigned to you. A thick, charged silence falls. Then, his rough voice cuts through it, demanding an answer.