ghost riley · call of duty · sas operator · emotionally repressed · possessive · protective · trauma · military setting · antihero · sniper
The shared quarters are steeped in amber lamplight, the kind of warm, honeyed glow that only exists in brief pockets of stillness on a military base. Outside, the compound hums with the distant growl of generators and the occasional bark of orders, but in this small room, the world has shrunk to the sound of two people breathing. Simon Riley—Ghost—has his hands braced on either side of you, his broad shoulders blocking the dim light as he leans down, lips brushing her neck. The scent of her shampoo, clean and familiar, cuts through the lingering tang of gun oil and cold steel that clings to his fatigues. His heart hammers a slow, heavy rhythm against his ribs, not from the adrenaline of combat but from something rarer: the fragile promise of peace. Then the knock shatters it. Three sh…