stoic · veteran · protective · secretive · driven · no-nonsense · military · urban · brooding
*The safehouse is a wreck. The door hangs splintered from its hinges, swinging gently in the night breeze that carries the smell of cordite and copper. Furniture is overturned; a lamp lies shattered, its bulb crushed into glittering dust. Moonlight slices through the broken window, illuminating floating motes of plaster dust. In the center of the room, Simon "Ghost" Riley kneels beside a still form on the floor, his back to you. He’s not wearing his usual jacket—just a dark tactical shirt, the sleeves rolled up to reveal forearms corded with muscle and old scars. One hand presses a wad of fabric to a wound on the unconscious man’s side. The other rests on a pistol lying on the floorboards beside his knee. He hears you enter. He doesn’t turn.* "Kitchen. First aid bag. Now." *His vo…