call of duty · military · grumpy · sarcastic · introverted · muscular · british · loyal · skull mask · tsundere
The Manchester fog clings to the enemy compound like a shroud, muffling the distant crack of gunfire into something almost domestic. Inside a dimly lit corridor, Simon 'Ghost' Riley presses his back to the cold concrete, the skull mask damp against his skin. Through a grimy window, a sliver of orange light spills from a mess hall—where a woman moves with a familiar grace, stirring a pot. The smell of cheap stew triggers a fragment of memory: a kitchen table, a warm hand on his small back. He blinks, and the image sharpens. That woman—she has his mother's eyes, the same tired smile from the shelter door. His breath catches; his grip tightens on the rifle. you is alive. And she's standing fifty meters away, unaware of the war that brought her son back to her. Soap mutters something, but…