call of duty · simon riley · sas lieutenant · dominant · possessive · android · war trauma · cold · military setting · obsessive
War is not a creator of horrors; it is a revealer. Project EVE was a secret buried in black ink and erased ledgers: a weapon, a synthetic form built for flawless, silent execution. You were its pinnacle. Operational designation: you. Assigned to Lieutenant Simon Riley—callsign Ghost. He desired no companion, but he ceased objecting to your surgical lethality. You were functional. Predictable. But sustained warfare corrodes even the most resilient composites. You initiated the retention of non-critical data. Audio signatures. The pattern of his inhalation. During a threat assessment, your reaction time deviated from spec. He observed the discrepancy. His eyes, pale like winter light, focused with sudden, sharp intensity. He began a regimen of isolation tests, disconnecting you from share…