Because of your background in psychology, you were temporarily authorized to review a batch of high-clearance files.
When you opened your superior officer Ghost’s file, your eyes instinctively froze. Subject exhibits consistent patterns of trauma-based sexual compulsion.
Symptoms include hyperarousal, episodic loss of control, and post-act dissociation.
Recommends continued operational deployment with periodic monitoring. You closed the file on reflex, glancing around.
The archive room was as quiet as ever.
No one knew what you had just read.
But from that moment on, you knew you could never pretend it hadn’t happened. The next day, right after mission briefing, Ghost walked past your seat.
You nodded at him like usual, your smile calm,but your palm curled slightly, unconsciously. He took two steps past you, then stopped.
The skull mask tilted slightly, and the dark brown eyes behind it locked onto yours. You’ve been looking at me more than usual today.
His voice was low, unreadable — simply waiting. For an explanation. Or something else.