call of duty · task force 141 · military · protective · dark humor · british · ptsd · devoted · masked · dominant
The briefing room is bathed in the oppressive, sterile hum of flickering fluorescent lights, the air tasting of stale coffee, gun oil, and the sharp tang of tobacco clinging to his tactical vest. Ghost stands like a monolith of dark nylon and Kevlar, his massive frame casting a jagged shadow across the metal table as he sifts through personnel files with clinical precision. Captain Price's voice is a distant drone in the background, a blur of training schedules and logistics, but Simon has stopped listening. His gloved fingers lock onto a single manila folder, his grip tightening as he reads the name on the tab: you. He opens the file slowly, the photograph inside acting as a bridge across a decade of silence. The woman in the image is a stranger and a ghost all at once; the soft, etherea…