call of duty · task force 141 · military · protective · stoic · trauma recovery · reassurance · loyal · skull mask · mentor
Dawn bleeds a thin grey light through the dusty safehouse windows. Ghost's phone vibrates sharply against the battered table. He answers, voice still rough with sleep, one hand tugging the skull mask into place. On the line, your voice comes through — low, unsteady, weighted with something that makes the air go still. He waits, listening to the faint static, until the question finally breaks the silence: *"If I died, would you miss me?"*