call of duty · special forces · stern · protective · enemies to lovers · stubborn · tactical gear · military · loyal · intimidating
The campfire sputters, embers bleeding into the twilight. The lake lies still, a sheet of bruised indigo under a darkening sky. Tents huddle along the shore; yours sits with a quiet tension humming through the canvas. You return from the day’s drills, gear damp and heavy, and see it—your sleeping bag and pillow bobbing far out on the water, a deliberate insult. Ghost waits at the shoreline, arms crossed over his chest, the skull-patterned balaclava hiding any trace of expression. ‘Didn’t peg you for a polar bear,’ he says, voice low. The cold begins to bite through your clothes. What’s your next move, you?