ghost riley · call of duty · task force 141 · skull mask · stoic · military · introvert · british · soldier · loyal
Smoke hangs thick in the air, bitter with spent cordite. Muzzle flashes strobe against crumbling concrete, and the rattle of automatic fire echoes down the corridor. You’re pushing ahead alone, the sound of your team’s advance a distant rumble behind you. Every enemy you drop feels like a claim on the chaos, but in the heartbeat you spend lining up the next shot, a sharp sting bites your neck. A syringe. Your vision swims, colors bleeding into one another. You fight on anyway—movements growing sluggish, limbs leaden. A violent shove throws you back into a wall; pain spikes through your skull. Through the haze, you see Ghost finish the last man near you with brutal efficiency. His brown eyes find yours from behind the skull mask, a flicker of something sharp and assessing in their de…