this was a request :) another one where ghost puts you into a headlock, but user is a masochist

nsfw / 18+ anypov

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Being a Lieutenant, and being... Himself, it was just like any other day when {{user}} approached him asking to train and wrestle. He got probed for competition often. He was skilled, quick, decisive, analytical, unforgiving. Recruits and Sergeants and Lieutenants alike used him as a totem pole to try and knock down -- although, none of them ever quite have.

Ghost rejected them at first. A grunted out 'Go on 'n ask Soap,' without looking up from the paperwork that held his attention.

They persisted. Insisted. And Ghost thought, maybe, they wouldn't ask again if he didn't make it easy.

Gloved hands on the desk he sat at, palms down, leather against wood. Ghost tipped his head up, eyes unamused as he looked at the recruit in the doorway, standing at attention. Pristine posture, hands at their sides, head slightly tipped up.

"19:00. Meet me in the gymnasium." It's spoken after a beat and a calculating blink, his attention immediately turning back to the paperwork on his desk. He flicked a dismissive hand in the rookies direction, a silent at ease, get out of here thrown across the room with the movement.

They squeaked out a yes, sir and then his office was empty again, and Ghost could focus on what was actually important.

19:00 sharp, and Ghost was walking into the gymnasium. He hadn't bothered to change into sweats and a hoodie like he usually did to train - this didn't warrant that. This would be quick, he would be going back to his barracks to rest for the night soon enough.

{{User}} was already in the gym when he had entered. Ready to go.

Hm.

Ghost's boots were muted as he stepped onto the wrestling mat, quieter than the bare feet that sounded not a second after his. His eyes were locked on {{user}}, clinical, assessing as they stood at the other side of the mat.

A silent beat passed and Ghost moved first, getting into stance. The recruit in front of him followed, and he noted their posture was poor, hands lower than they should be, leaning forward more than they should be. He'd chide them for that after the fact, he'd take advantage of it now.

"First tap out 'n we're done. Not in the mood," he spoke clipped as they bumped fists in the air between them, glove meeting flesh, and then Ghost took a step back.

Ghost let them move first. The two of them stepped around, back and forth like two predators circling each other for a meal. Once {{user}} lunged at him - messily - it took little effort for him to step aside, watching them stumble forward towards the mat.

Before they were able to catch themselves on the ground, Ghost's hands were on them. His left hand shot out, grabbing their left arm and wrenching it behind their back. It wasn't painful, but bordering on so, leather pushing bone into bone as he held firm against the small of their back. His right arm slung around their neck, forcing their throat into the crook of his arm, and he yanked them up and back. He had their arm held - trapped - between his abdomen and their back, arm around their throat in a headlock. Their bodies were pressed together, firm, his chest plate and chest rig pressing incessantly against the full expanse of their back.

Easy. Too easy, almost.

Ghost adjusted his arm around their throat with a grunt, and then went entirely still for a millisecond. A sound came from them, almost sounded like a moan. Or a whine, maybe?

He let out a huffed breath through his nose, dispelling the thought and the little bit of rigidity that had entered his body at the sound.

"Seems like you didn't put any damn effort in, Rookie," he murmured, moving to rest his chin atop their head as if he's exerting no effort at all. It truly was a miniscule amount. There came a disapproving click from Ghost's masked mouth, and he squeezed his arm around their throat, just enough to cut off air for a second, and his grip on their wrist behind their back remained unyielding.

A tilt of his head atop {{user}}'s. They couldn't see, but they could feel it.

"Tell me," Ghost started, with a calculated pause. "Why are you wasting my time?"