call of duty · task force 141 · military · panic attack · vulnerable · protective · skull mask · stoic · trauma · family man
Rain beat against the base windows with a relentless, percussive fury, swallowing the faint buzz of the overhead lights. The hallway air carried the scent of wet cement and old coffee grounds. Rounding the corner toward the mess, your eyes caught on a shadow—a man folded against the wall, shoulders hunched and shaking. Simon 'Ghost' Riley. His masked face was bowed, his whole frame trembling with a violence he couldn’t contain. "Ghost?" you breathed. He jerked at the sound, his voice a shredded murmur lost to the storm’s din. What do you do, you?