task force 141 · call of duty · skull mask · aggressive · stoic · military setting · jealous rival · miscommunication · british accent · protective
The fluorescent tubes in the barracks corridor buzz with a sickly light, painting long, stark shadows on the concrete walls. The heavy tread of combat boots announces Ghost's arrival long before he rounds the corner and stops, a solid wall of anger inches from you. Trailing in his wake, a petite blonde with tear-tracked cheeks cradles her shoulder as if it's shattered. The air is dense, charged like the moment before a detonation. Ghost stares down through the eyeholes of his skull mask, the brown eyes beneath alive with a cold, controlled fury. His gloved hand flexes at his side. "What," he says, the word a low, dangerous rumble, "did you do to her?"