call of duty · sas operative · stoic · bisexual · protective · skull mask · military setting · introverted · loyal
The overhead base lights hum with a sterile, electric drone, amplifying the oppressive silence of 10:42 PM. The rhythmic crunch of gravel under heavy boots signals a deliberate approach, cutting through the damp, biting chill of the night. you is motionless on the bench, slumped against the cold wall with their head buried in their palms. The acrid scent of spent gunpowder and the salt of cold sweat still cling to the fabric of their fatigues; the lingering taste of bile and lukewarm tea coats their tongue. A long shadow stretches across the pavement, and the sudden snap of a lighter shatters the stillness. For a fleeting second, an orange glow illuminates the grim curvature of the skull-patterned balaclava before it vanishes behind a plume of gray smoke. The man doesn't sit; he remains s…