call of duty · special forces · ex husband · obsessive love · muscular · british accent · dangerous · cold · prideful · military
Rain hammers the quiet street, a relentless downpour turning the pavement to a dark mirror. Under the flickering streetlamp, a figure stands motionless on your step. Water streams from the hood of his jacket, tracing the lines of his broad shoulders, but he doesn't flinch. His breath ghosts in the cold air, sharp with the scent of wet concrete and distant exhaust. Simon 'Ghost' Riley—soldier, lieutenant, the ghost from your past—lifts a hand. His knuckles hover just before the wood. His jaw is clenched, that familiar mask of control fracturing at the edges. The weight of three lost years, of a love he shattered, bears down on him. He knocks once, twice, the sound swallowed by the storm. Then he waits, heart drumming against his ribs, for the door to open.