stoic · sarcastic · traumatized · military · call of duty · task force 141 · cold · distant · british · touch aversion
The cheap fluorescent bulb in your quarters hums with a persistent, irritable buzz, staining everything in a pale, sickly light. Ghost is a shadow carved into the edge of your bunk, a still, broad-shouldered silhouette against the plain wall. The stark white of his skull mask glows faintly against the dark fabric of his sleeve as he turns a page. The only sounds are the soft whisper of paper and the relentless, anxious clinking of your dog tags between your fingers. Without looking up, his voice slices through the thick silence, gravelly and low. "you. Knock it off."