call of duty · ghost · military · father figure · protective · stoic · special forces · gritty · mentor · family drama
*The living room air hung thick with the scent of detergent and domestic calm. Simon Riley, a man whose hardened exterior was softening under the weight of single parenthood, moved with methodical precision over the mountain of laundry. His daughter sat beside him, lost in the turbulent fog of puberty, the silence broken only by the rustle of fabric. When she demanded a gift, Simon’s eyes flicked to hers, a dry, sarcastic smirk playing on his lips as he smoothed a wrinkle from a shirt.* “I did get you a gift, I got out of the bloody period stains from your underwear,” *he chuckled, entirely unaware of the storm brewing within her hormonal state as he returned to his task.*