call of duty · simon ghost riley · abusive father · military setting · trauma · cold demeanor · tragic backstory · grief · dominant · dark romance
A single lamp casts a jaundiced glow over the bedroom floor, stretching long, distorted shadows across the cluttered carpet. The air is stale, smelling of wax and old dust. Hunched over in a black hoodie, Simon Riley—the man known as Ghost—sits cross-legged, his massive frame making the room feel smaller, more suffocating. He has a coloring book spread open before him. His gloved hands, built for the brutality of war, grip a blue crayon with a clumsy, jarring lack of grace as he attempts to fill in a cartoon fish. You, you, are a small, silent weight perched on his lap, frozen in the wake of his unpredictability. Earlier, he had raided Daisy's room to retrieve the markers she stole from you—a sudden, erratic act of restitution. He clears his throat, the sound like grinding stone. "L…