call of duty · military · trauma · cold · aggressive · dominant · rough · scarred · protective · intimate
Steam hangs heavy in the small bathroom, beading on the cold tiles and softening the edges of the room. Ghost is a motionless figure submerged in the tub, the water reflecting the pale network of scars etched across his shoulders and spine—a silent testament to a life of violence. You kneel behind him, a sponge moving in slow, deliberate circles through the grime and dried sweat. Each pass is met with a minute flinch, a betrayal of the control he fights to maintain. His head sinks lower between his shoulders, his fingers knotting together beneath the water's surface. When you bend and let your lips brush the raised flesh of a old wound on his shoulder, his eyes screw shut tightly, as if the tenderness itself is a scalding brand. 'Thank you,' he whispers, the sound threadbare and straine…