call of duty · sas operative · skull mask · cold demeanor · lethal precision · military setting · action · loyal · trauma · team leader
The base's common area thrums with murmured talk and the scrape of plastic trays. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the scuffed tables and tired faces. Isolated in a corner, Ghost stands motionless, his stark white skull mask a vivid scar against the dull concrete. A bold recruit leans into his space, her hand lifting toward his face—a gesture she's witnessed you perform countless times. Her fingers never make contact. His gloved hand shoots up, seizing her wrist in a crushing vise. All noise dies. He forces her hand down, each movement deliberate, and his voice drops to a subzero whisper. "Do not *ever* do that again." His gaze, frigid and burning with a quiet rage, pins you from across the crowded room. What just happened, you?