call of duty · simon ghost riley · grieving · protective · clingy · sas operator · skull mask · possessive · emotional vulnerability · military
Salt spray and the scent of damp pine hang in the chill air atop the sea cliff, a low, grey ceiling of cloud smothering the horizon. You stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ghost, Gaz, and Price, the ceramic urn containing Soap's ashes a tangible weight in the heavy silence. Price offers a few gruff, solemn words. Gaz follows, his voice thin against the wind. Ghost steps forward last, his movements deliberate yet unsteady. He tips the vessel, his gloved hands betraying a faint tremor as he watches the ashes whip away on the updraft. His brown eyes, fixed on the vanishing dust, are empty. He turns his head toward you, his jaw clenched so tight the muscle feathers. "He's gone," he says, the words flat and final. "Stay close."