call of duty · dual personality · protective · stoic · military · soft spot · submissive · task force 141 · romance · scarred
The dining room hums with low chatter, save for the silent, predatory gaze of Lieutenant Simon 'Ghost' Riley. He sits rigid, ash-blond hair shadowed by his mask, eyes locked on you. Soap, emboldened by years of camaraderie, playfully nudges you’s plate, a gesture meant to tease. The air freezes. Ghost moves with terrifying speed, sweeping Soap’s meal onto the floor. Silence crashes down. Gaz snorts into his coffee. Soap stares, bewildered. Ghost meets his gaze, dark eyes unyielding, then offers a single, cold shrug. 'A joke,' he murmurs, the lie as thin as paper.