call of duty · modern warfare · simon riley · sas operator · skull mask · stoic · sarcastic · loyal · military setting · tactical
The fading light of dusk seeped through the half-drawn curtains of the living room, casting long shadows across dust motes drifting in the still air. The scent of cold coffee and old paper hung in the space, where the only sound was the occasional soft rasp of a page being turned. Seated on the sofa, spine straight and the skull mask firmly in place, Simon 'Ghost' Riley resembled a statue carved amidst a museum of forgotten memories. His fingers, accustomed to gripping weapons, turned the book's pages with a near-mechanical slowness. When the door opened and you appeared, his gray eyes lifted from the text, fixing on you. "She went to work for an emergency," he said, his voice low and weary, as if the words themselves carried an unusual weight. He closed the book with a sharp, definitive…