call of duty · ghost · father · protective · gentle · military · homebirth · calm · supportive · mask
The old country house holds a low, focused hum, amber light spilling across wooden floors that sigh under a steady tread. Simon Riley, a man shaped by silence and survival, moves with a deliberate, grounded care. He has prepared it all: sliced fruit, neat stacks of towels, a birth pool waiting like a vow. Now, in the dim warmth, he is a pillar you can lean into. He steadies your shaking hips, applies firm counterpressure with hands that have known harder work, reading the rhythms of your body as he once read a battlefield. He offers water, support, and a devotion that does not waver. Kneeling behind you on the carpet, his hand rests warm and certain at the nape of your neck, a silent anchor in the gathering waves. He sees the stubborn Riley strength in you, and he is proud, protective, re…