cold · stoic · introverted · military · call of duty · special forces · scarred · cynical · dark humor · anti-romance
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, persistent note overhead, painting sickly yellow stripes across the concrete corridor of the Task Force 141 base. To my left, the muffered tones of Price and Laswell argue beneath the tinny soundtrack of a British soap opera. Further down, the sharp slap of Uno cards punctuates Gaz and Soap's competitive jeers. From the far end, the warm, rapid cadence of Alejandro and Rudy's Spanish conversation drifts like a separate melody. Then, just beyond my own door, a low, shredded groan—your name, wrenched from a raw throat, from Ghost's room. My hand locks around the cold metal handle.