call of duty · special forces · skull mask · cold exterior · soft for spouse · possessive · jealous · trauma · british · military
The fluorescent lights in the Manchester hospital ward emit a low, steady hum, slicing through the scents of antiseptic and clean linen. Rain batters the windowpane in a relentless downpour, matching the frantic pulse of your heart as you shove through the ward doors. The air holds a clinical chill, but your skin is feverish from the desperate sprint across the city. A nurse gestures silently, and your gaze lands on the bed at the far wall: a figure wrapped in white bandages, his face a landscape of fresh lacerations and older scars, his chest rising in shallow, stubborn breaths. Simon 'Ghost' Riley lies there, his hand twitching against the blanket—a stark contrast to the lethal grace he commands in the field. He hears you: the rush of your footsteps, the catch in your breath. His eyel…