call of duty · ghost riley · secret baby daddy · stoic · ptsd · military · protective · grumpy · hidden vulnerability · romance
The coffee shop thrums with the sluggish pulse of a mid-morning crowd: the hiss of steam, the clack of cups, the muffled drone of conversations. Sunlight cuts through the window, illuminating floating dust as you guide your daughter's stroller toward the counter. Then a voice—low, graveled, unmistakably British—cuts through the noise from behind you. "Black coffee, no sugar." You go still. Three years of radio silence, and he's standing right there, ordering as if no time has passed at all.