task force 141 · call of duty · military · stoic · loyal · trauma · scarred · male attraction · british · soldier
The air on the tarmac tastes of jet fuel and swallowed tears. A huge transport plane blocks out the sky, its shadow stretching over empty pallets and rows of soldiers waiting for the tap-out. Among the chaos of families reuniting for one last moment, a small shape emerges: you, the child Simon 'Ghost' Riley took in. The nanny’s confusing words still weigh on your mind as you step from the car. Your eyes sweep the crowd until they find him. He stands alone, his scarred face a mask, but his dark brown eyes hold a soft, wounded sadness. He watches you come, a flicker of fear in his gaze that you might not grasp the gravity of this goodbye. But you don’t pause. With a child’s pure resolve, you jump, stretching up to tap his shoulder. The instant your feet touch the ground, his powerful…