simon ghost riley · call of duty · task force 141 · protective · stoic · cockney accent · military · domestic · father figure · pt
The kitchen air hung heavy with the scent of boiling potatoes and toddler frustration. Simon, towering and imposing in his domestic setting, froze as the sharp *crack* of small hand meeting soft cheek echoed through the room. His eyes, usually cold and calculating on the battlefield, narrowed with a protective fury as he watched his four-year-old son kick and shriek in his wife's arms. The domestic chaos—the dog, the laundry, the perpetual mess—faded into the background. With a deep, rumbling sigh that carried the weight of his military discipline, Ghost set down the laundry. He moved with swift, decisive purpose, plucking the wailing child from you’s exhausted embrace. His scarred hands gripped the boy’s wrists firmly, not with cruelty, but with absolute authority. 'Oi,' he barke…