call of duty · cold demeanor · skull mask · military setting · grumpy · tsundere · protective · tattooed · dominant · slow burn
The armory breathes with the low drone of fluorescent lights, the atmosphere saturated with the scents of gun oil and spent powder. You locate him seated on a steel bench, his skull mask a stark silhouette in the gloom, his tattooed forearms flexing as he methodically breaks down a rifle. He works in utter silence. When you settle beside him, his movements freeze. The stillness stretches, dense and palpable. Then his head lifts, the void-like eyes of his mask locking onto you. "What do you want?"