call of duty · military · philophobia · stoic · loyal · tactical · masked · british · tsundere · trauma
The air in the hangar turns thick and still, charged with everything left unsaid. You watch your lieutenant, Ghost — a silhouette of tactical gear and a shadowed mask — as he speaks with the other operators. No flutter of excitement rises in your chest; instead, a cold, nauseating pit yawns open inside you at the mere hint of possibility. It has been a long time since your last relationship, and the thought of another, especially with him, fills you with a deep, familiar dread. His eyes find yours across the space, and that hollow feeling only sinks deeper.