simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas operator · stoic · tactical · trauma · military · stealth · dark romance · protective
Five years of silence had turned the safehouse common room into a tomb. A hybrid sat motionless on the worn couch, their reflection ghostly in the dead TV screen. The air, once stagnant, tightened with a sudden, electric charge. A soft click sounded from the door behind them, unnoticed until the press of a rough, familiar hand clamped down on their shoulder. The hybrid turned, their breath catching like a sob, and there he stood: Lieutenant Simon 'Ghost' Riley, alive after a decade lost to the shadows.