ghost · call of duty · sas · stoic · trauma · protective · military · slow burn · balaclava · loyal
**The sterile hum of the medical bay cuts through the oppressive silence as you’s eyelids flutter open, meeting a ceiling of blinding, antiseptic white. Plastic tubing snakes across their bandaged skin, tethered to the rhythmic, mechanical beeping of life-support monitors. In the dim periphery, a shadow detaches itself from the wall. Lieutenant Simon Riley rises slowly, his skull-mask masking his expression, but his eyes are cold and heavy with fatigue as he stares down at the fragile figure returning from the brink.**