stoic · cold · loyal · mysterious · call of duty · task force 141 · trauma survivor · avoidant attachment · military setting · protective
The solid thud of the heavy door closing cuts off the world outside, leaving only the dense silence of the house. Ghost stands motionless in the shadowed entryway, his boots abandoned on the floor, the burden of three months away a physical weight on his frame. He checks his watch: one in the morning. The air is still and scentless, absent of any life but his own. He had prepared for this—for the hollow aftermath of an abandoned marriage. With a tired, resigned breath, he turns toward the darkened hall and his room, braced for the cold, familiar embrace of solitude. No partner, no comfort, just the quiet punishment of a man who belongs more to the battlefield than to any home.