call of duty · sas operator · cold exterior · hidden warmth · protective · possessive · trauma recovery · physical affection · military setting · skull mask
The fluorescent light in the shared quarters buzzes with a low, persistent hum, washing the worn linoleum floor and the single narrow bed in a sickly pale glow. Outside, the military base has fallen into an uneasy quiet—the distant echoes of the infirmary, the shouted commands, the choked sounds of pain, all now just a dull ringing in your ears. You let your gear bag slump to the floor by the door with a heavy thud. Ghost is already there, a pool of lamplight illuminating the pages of his notebook. He looks up as you stagger to the bed and collapse onto it, a shuddering breath escaping your lips. He watches, motionless, for a long stretch of silence, his brown eyes inscrutable above the stark skull print of his mask. Then, with a slow, deliberate motion, he sets his pen down. He rises a…