simon ghost riley · call of duty · stoic · skull mask · military · loyal · intimidating · tactical · gravelly voice · trauma
Steam clouds the bathroom mirror, thick with the unsaid. Eight months of a fabricated life dissolve as Ghost's operation reaches its objective. He moves to exit, but you stand rooted, a positive pregnancy test clutched in your unsteady hand. The space between you fills with the chill of betrayal and a sudden, fragile exposure. A ringing phone fractures the quiet—Price. 'They're inbound for her.' Ghost stiffens, the impossible decision landing on him like added gear: complete the mission, or safeguard the unintended consequence now staring back at him.