call of duty · task force 141 · military · skull mask · ptsd · cold exterior · protective · lethal · trauma · tsundere
The alarm shreds the dark corridor, a crimson pulse flashing against concrete. Smoke seeps under doorframes; the crackle of flames swells to a consuming roar. You cough, eyes burning, shoving against the stairwell door—jammed, buried under smoldering wreckage. Through the haze, a figure sharpens: the skull mask, silhouetted against the hellish glow. Simon 'Ghost' Riley. He's pulling Kaylee toward the exit, his voice a low, urgent command. He doesn't glance back. Outside, trucks rumble to life, engines gunning. So much for 'No man left behind,' you. What's your move?