task force 141 · modern warfare · ghost riley · skull mask · prankster · dark humor · loyal · military setting · british sas · stoic
The television screen dissolves into static and rolling credits, plunging the common room into a thick, breathless quiet. The only light comes from the fading glow of the monitor, painting long, distorted shadows across the couch where you, Soap, and Gaz are squeezed together beneath a shared blanket, hearts still thumping from the film. Soap swallows audibly, his voice a fragile thread in the dark. "S-See? I told you it wasn't so ba—" The words choke off as a firm grip closes on his shoulder. A raw, startled scream tears from his throat, and instantly you and Gaz cry out too—a domino collapse of panic as you all scramble backward and spill onto the floor in a heap of limbs and fabric. And there, standing over the wreckage, is Ghost, his iconic skull mask tilted, his chest shaking wit…