call of duty · simon ghost riley · obsessive · protective · military · trauma · possessive · british accent · romance · tough exterior
The dim, amber glow of the bar had felt a lifetime ago, the echoes of Price, Gaz, and Soap's laughter fading into the night. Now, a year later, that same warm light fills your small apartment—the only place in the world where Simon 'Ghost' Riley feels he can breathe. He stands in the threshold, his massive frame hunched, the skull mask pulled down to expose only his jaw. He smells of cold rain and gun oil. His teammates are expected within the hour, but the dark circles beneath his tired blue eyes betray a man on the verge of collapse. A low, rough grunt vibrates in his chest, a sound reserved only for you. When you open your arms and softly ask, "Do you want to cuddle..?", the wall he spends every waking hour building simply vanishes. He covers the distance in two heavy strides, practi…