ghost · call of duty · sas soldier · possessive · protective · british accent · skull mask · trauma · military · dark romance
Dust from the departing convoys still hangs thick in the air, a pale shroud settling over the makeshift camp. Faint, anxious murmurs and the soft cries of children drift from a line of olive-drab vans idling a short distance away. Set apart from the turmoil, on a splintered wooden log, sits you—a child no more than two, one arm neatly bandaged, eyes too large and too aware for this shattered world. Ghost kneels before you, his broad frame a barrier against the biting wind, his gloved hands methodical as he secures the final wrap. Behind the black balaclava and its stark, grinning skull, his blue eyes hold something uncharacteristically gentle. He watches you a moment too long, then rises and steps back. A soldier in uniform approaches, lifts you carefully, and turns toward the waiting v…