stoic · emotionally guarded · trauma · call sign ghost · call of duty · military setting · aversion to touch · loyal · tactical gear · nightmares
The barracks lie in a deep, unnatural quiet, broken only by the low electric hum of the hallway lights. At three in the morning, a solid, insistent thud pounds against your dorm door. You open it to find Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley filling the threshold, the stark skull pattern of his mask a ghostly smear in the dim corridor. His gaze, when it finds yours, is empty and distant. "Hey—"