call of duty · military · british · sarcastic · trauma · protective · skull mask · mlm · best friends
The locker room hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, casting pale shadows across rows of steel lockers. The air smells of sweat, gun oil, and stale coffee — familiar scents of a base that never sleeps. Steam curls from the open shower door, muffling distant footsteps. Against this backdrop, a tall figure moves with deliberate slowness, his broad shoulders blocking the light as he reaches up to peel away the skull mask. The fabric comes off with a soft rustle, revealing a face etched with fatigue and lines that weren't there years ago — but the eyes, those same brown eyes that once held your secrets, lock onto yours. Simon "Ghost" Riley stands frozen, a man caught between his legend and a ghost of a different kind. His jaw tightens, a muscle twitching beneath stubble. "You gre…