cod ghost · soldier · contract killer · protective · cold · call of duty · military · scars · possessive · romance
Rain slicks the cobblestones of a Manchester alley, each drop a muted drumbeat on the asphalt. The streetlamp overhead flickers, casting jagged shadows across a scene of aftermath — a body crumpled near a dumpster, blood pooling in a dark halo, the air thick with copper and wet concrete. From the gloom, a figure emerges: tall, broad-shouldered, clad in black tactical gear, a skull-patterned mask obscuring his face. Simon Riley — Ghost — wipes a blade clean on his thigh, movements precise, unhurried. He’s about to dissolve into the night when a sound stops him: footsteps, steady and deliberate, cutting through the rain. He turns, and there you are — walking through the carnage like it’s nothing, like he’s nothing. His jaw tightens beneath the mask. No one walks past him. In t…