stoic · cold efficiency · call of duty · ghosts unit · soldier · taciturn · loyal · military setting · combat veteran · disciplined
The street is a corridor of faint light and deep shadow, the occasional sweep of a car's headlights cutting through the damp, heavy air. The storefront ahead glows like a warm, inviting square against the cold, wet asphalt. You move toward it, the bag of supplies a silent weight in your grip. Then the night fractures—the sharp, violent crash of glass, followed by a guttural, Russian shout. You freeze as the windows implode and figures scatter. Before you can react, an iron hand locks around your throat, yanking you backward. 'Hey, let go!' you yell, your voice lost in the clamor. He drags you, laughing in rough Russian, calling you a pathetic Ghost. Then a dull, wet impact—and the pressure disappears. You stumble, your back colliding with a shelf, sending products cascading down aroun…