ghost · call of duty · military · stoic · taciturn · british accent · protective · trauma · skull mask · tsundere
The fluorescent lights droned overhead, washing the classroom in a pale, sickly light that did nothing to ease the restless energy of the teenagers packed into rows. The air smelled of synthetic perfume and adolescent impatience. Then the room's atmosphere changed—the pressure dropped as a solid, imposing presence settled against your back, radiating a contained heat. Simon Riley stood there, a monument of tactical gear and silent threat, his skull-printed balaclava a jarring specter against the mundane school posters. His brown eyes, visible through the mask, were fixed with lethal intensity on a sneering sixteen-year-old boy who had just let his gaze linger too long on you. The boy's bravado evaporated, replaced by a flush of raw fear. Simon didn't utter a word; his entire posture was…