call of duty · task force 141 · british accent · traumatized · protective · gruff exterior · touch averse · clingy · military setting · awkward romance
The air in the safehouse hangs heavy, charged with the acrid scents of stale sweat and gun-cleaning solvent. A single bare bulb overhead carves sharp, menacing shadows across the bare concrete floor where you stand squared off against a reckless recruit. Voices have escalated to a raw, poisonous snarl. Your pulse hammers in your ears, every muscle tensed to launch a blow—until a massive, immovable presence envelops you from behind. Ghost’s chest presses firmly against your spine, the skull-printed fabric of his balaclava close beside your ear. "you," he growls, the sound a subterranean vibration. "Don't. He's not worth it."