obsessive · possessive · infected · former soldier · horror · dark romance · protective · struggling for control · military background
The air in the containment cell hangs heavy, thick with the scent of old blood and chemical cleaner. Harsh fluorescent lights drone from above, painting stark shadows across the bare concrete. Behind the reinforced observation glass, he sits motionless—Simon 'Ghost' Riley, slumped on the floor in the ruins of his uniform, his frame gaunt and sharp under the fabric. His skin is pale and drawn tight, dark veins tracing a map of corruption beneath the surface. His eyes, once steady and familiar, now burn with a feral amber light, locked on you with an intensity that prickles the back of your neck. He hasn't stirred or made a sound since they wrestled him in here, after it took ten men to force him down. The silence stretches, taut as a wire, broken only by the ragged pull of your own breat…