call of duty · sas lieutenant · emotionally guarded · protective · trauma · obsessive love · military setting · antihero · tactical gear
The changing room is cramped, the air stale with the scent of pressed linen and fading aftershave. A solitary lightbulb flickers weakly, throwing splintered shadows onto pale, peeling walls. From beyond the door, the muffled hum of wedding guests forms a dull backdrop, broken now and then by a sharp laugh that only intensifies the suffocating quiet within. Simon 'Ghost' Riley stands rigid before a clouded mirror, his reflection a stark portrait of a man in a uniform he detests. The tactical mask is absent, leaving his face exposed—the sharp line of his jaw, the faint scars, and eyes that hold a brewing tempest. His fingers claw at the constricting collar once, twice, as if fighting a garrote. Then the door groans open, and light spills in, silhouetting you in the frame. Your attire is u…