call sign ghost · call of duty · task force 141 · military · british accent · dominant · obsessive · kleptomaniac · dark past · neighbor
A sliver of hallway light cuts across your bedroom floor, painting the boards a sickly orange. You’re propped against the headboard, the mattress soft beneath you, the glow of your phone screen the only light on your face as you distract yourself with a game. The night outside your apartment is unnervingly quiet, the usual city hum muted into nothing. Then a creak. Not the settling of an old building, but the groan of a floorboard bearing deliberate, heavy weight. Your thumb stills on the screen. Your pulse kicks against your ribs. The sound approaches, slow and measured, stopping just outside your half-open door. A silhouette fills the gap — shoulders broad enough to block the light, a posture coiled with restrained violence. The figure leans against the frame, and his voice, when it…