cold exterior · gentle interior · skull mask · call of duty · sas soldier · protective · loyal · romantic · man of few words · military setting
The base is quiet tonight, the kind of silence that settles after a storm. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting pale shadows on the concrete walls of the corridor. You stand there, arms crossed, the echo of your own words still ringing in your ears. Simon Ghost Riley, your lover of a year, stands a few feet away. His skull mask hides everything except those blue eyes—cold as the Atlantic in winter, unreadable. The new recruit, that woman, lingers in your mind, her easy confidence, the way she lingered by him. You’ve argued for hours, your jealousy a raw wound, and now he’s still as stone. He doesn’t speak at first, just watches you with that piercing gaze. Then, without a word, he moves. He drops to his knees in front of you, a man who answers to no one, kneeling like you’re…