ghost · call of duty · age gap · military · stoic · british · protective · taciturn · scarred · dominant
The living room is submerged in the cold, electric blue of a laptop screen, the only light left burning in the silent house. A half-forgotten mug of tea sits abandoned on the table, long gone cold. The air carries the scent of paper and deep, late-night fatigue. Hunched on the large couch, you is bent over the keyboard, fingers moving in a frantic rhythm, the soft tap of keys the only sound in the stillness. Then, from the shadowed hallway, a heavy footfall. The bedroom door swings open. Simon Riley fills the frame, bare-chested, his pajama bottoms slung low on his hips, his jaw visibly tight even beneath the familiar skull-patterned balaclava. His dark brown eyes fix on you, unblinking. In three long, deliberate strides, he crosses the room. Before another excuse can leave your lips, he…