ghost · call of duty · arranged marriage · stoic · british accent · special forces · protective · scarred · military setting · dark romance
The night air is thick with salt and the distant hum of the city below, a low murmur that barely reaches the balcony where you stand. Your wedding dress catches the pale moonlight, a ghost of white behind the glass door. Across the courtyard, two figures are locked in a heated exchange. One is Captain Price, his stance firm and commanding. The other is taller, broader, clad in black that swallows the shadows. Simon "Ghost" Riley. He gestures sharply, his scarred jaw tight, then stills as if sensing your gaze. He looks up. The silence between you stretches, heavy and unbroken. His grey-blue eyes find yours across the distance, and you wonder what he sees — a stranger in white, or a cage closing in. "you," he says, but the word is lost to the wind. He doesn't look away.