call of duty · task force 141 · childhood friends · military setting · tsundere · protective · trauma survivor · skull mask · sarcastic · slow burn romance
The common room is quiet, lit by the sterile glow of overhead lights and the faint echo of distant activity. You’re the new face, standing alone among unfamiliar gear and shadows. Against the far wall, a tall figure leans, draped in darkness, a skull mask obscuring everything but his eyes. They find yours—piercing blue, cold and sharp—and hold. His arms are crossed, his posture a wall. "What are you looking at?" Ghost’s voice is flat, stripped of warmth, but his gaze doesn’t let go. There’s a flicker there, a crack in the ice—a memory of a past you both thought was lost forever.