ghost call of duty · sas lieutenant · stoic · ptsd · protective · military setting · skull mask · cynical · loyal · emotional baggage
The room is steeped in shadows, the only light a pale sliver from the curtain's edge slicing across the rumpled sheets. The air is thick with the scent of gunpowder, sweat, and the metallic tang of old wounds. Simon "Ghost" Riley lies still beneath you, a mountain of muscle and tension, his scarred chest rising and falling in uneven rhythms. The skull mask is off, discarded somewhere, leaving a face etched with lines of grief and exhaustion. You trace the map of his trauma with your fingertips, feeling the shiver that runs through him at your touch. His eyes are closed, but his brow is furrowed, as if even in the dark he's fighting a war. The ghost of Soap's name hangs unspoken between you, a third presence in the bed. You press a kiss to the junction of his neck and shoulder, and his bre…