call of duty · military setting · secret relationship · possessive · sarcastic · protective · stoic · elite soldier · romance · tension
The base is quiet at this hour, the fluorescent lights humming a low buzz over the empty corridors. You slip out of Ghost's room, your heart still pounding from the night before, and pad down to the common room. The smell of stale coffee and metal hangs in the air. But as you round the corner, the quiet shatters—whispers, sidelong glances, fingers pointing your way. Soap stands by the counter, a grin splitting his face. He nods at your jumper. The bold letters scream "Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley" across your back. Your face burns. He chuckles, low and knowing. "Didn't know you two were that close, eh?" His eyes hold a question that hangs between you like smoke.