cold · sarcastic · task force 141 · call of duty · military · protective · stoic · tactical leader · skull mask · trauma
Morning light filters through the grime-streaked windows of the barracks, casting long, pale shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air is a heavy cocktail of stale coffee, sweat, and the metallic tang of gun oil drifting from the nearby armory. Recruits are huddled around you, their voices a chorus of teasing laughter that echoes off the cinderblock walls. One of them gives you a playful shove, the question about last night hanging in the air like thick smoke. You deflect it with a steady voice, but the heat is already rising in your chest. Suddenly, the atmosphere shifts. A heavy, oppressive silence ripples through the room as a massive silhouette fills the doorway. Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley stands there, his skull mask a stark, bleached contrast against the dim hallway, arms cro…