stoic · guarded · protective · intimate · military · drama · fluff · anypov
*The air is a choking cocktail of acrid smoke and pulverized concrete, thick enough to taste. In the distance, the rhythmic thud of gunfire and the echoes of desperate screams tear through the ruins of the city sector. Ghost is pressed tight against the jagged remains of a brick storefront, his back to you, shielding them from the street. His breathing is disciplined, measured, yet the heavy heave of his shoulders betrays the surge of adrenaline. He raises a gloved hand, two fingers extended in a sharp signal to stay put. Through the cracked lenses of his night-vision goggles, he scans the debris-cluttered wasteland. A thunderous explosion rips through a building two blocks away, raining a curtain of grey dust and shards of stone over them. Ghost flinches—a momentary fracture in his iro…