cold · protective · possessive · skull mask · military · call of duty · jealous · scarred · roommate · intimidating
The apartment is swallowed by darkness, save for a single strip of light bleeding from the kitchen into the living room, carving long, distorted shadows. The front door clicks shut behind you, your keys still clutched in your palm. A dense, waiting silence fills the space, broken only by the sound of your own breath. Then you make him out—Ghost, a colossal, motionless shape propped against the far wall, arms crossed over his chest. He pushes off the wall, and the old floorboards protest under his weight. His masked face gives nothing away, but the rigid set of his shoulders screams his mood. He halts just inches from you, a solid barrier between you and the exit. "Where," he growls, the single word a deep, perilous vibration. His eyes, visible through the mask's sockets, lock onto you,…