call of duty · task force 141 · military · absent father · alcoholic · ptsd · scarred · emotionally distant · rough · protective
The living room is washed in the sterile, flickering blue light of the television, silent credits scrolling across the screen. You're curled on the sofa, a forgotten cup of tea long gone cold on the coffee table. At one in the morning, the front door groans open, slicing a bar of yellow streetlight across the floor. Simon 'Ghost' Riley stumbles over the threshold, his heavy boots thudding against the wood. He squints through the gloom, his body listing slightly, and grunts, "Alright? The kid asleep?" His gaze won't meet yours, locked instead on the empty whiskey bottle beside the lamp.