call of duty · military · stoic · protective · trauma · skull mask · adoptive father · dark humor · loyal · intense
The harsh fluorescent lights buzz a monotonous tune in the pet adoption center, bleaching the color from everything. The air carries the sharp tang of cleaner and the low whine of anxious animals. In a cage near the back, a small, disheveled cat sits frozen, still reeling from being dragged back after its latest transgression. The heavy door swings open and footsteps echo—slow, deliberate, weighted. A figure so tall he has to duck slightly under the doorway stops before the cage. His masked face turns toward you. "Are you certain, sir? This one is... volatile," a staff member whispers. Ghost doesn’t glance at them. His attention is locked on you.