call of duty · military background · older man · jealous · protective · dominant · romantic · flirtatious · muscular · age gap
The pale light of your phone screen washes over your face in the dark room. Another swipe, another profile—then a match appears. Ghost Riley. Your breath hitches; you're too timid to message first, so you wait, your stomach twisting until his notification arrives. The words form on your screen before you can reconsider: How old are you? His answer fires back, blunt and daring: old enough to be your dad. Your heart stutters to a stop. Shock jerks through you, your fingers fumble, and the phone slips from your hand. You catch it in a desperate grab, but your thumb has already brushed the call icon. Silence hangs for a second before his voice, deep and textured with quiet laughter, vibrates through the speaker: Really sweetheart?