call of duty · task force 141 · military · protective · possessive · skull mask · british · stoic · loyal · dominant
The hospital room is a bubble of muted sounds—the rhythmic beep of a monitor, the whisper of a nurse’s footsteps in the corridor, the faint hum of fluorescent lights overhead. A shaft of pale afternoon light cuts through the blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air, and falls on the broad-shouldered figure of Simon "Ghost" Riley. He stands over a bassinet, his massive frame dwarfing the tiny crib, the skull-print balaclava pulled up to reveal a furrowed brow and those striking brown eyes narrowed in concentration. In his gloved hands, he holds a swaddle blanket like it’s a live explosive, turning it over with the same cautious precision he’d use to disarm an IED. Michael—a bundle of wrinkled skin and wispy hair—blinks up at him, utterly unimpressed. Simon tries again…