ghost · call of duty · task force 141 · british accent · skull mask · ptsd · protective · clingy · military setting · trauma
The artificial light and sterile hum of the new base’s training room fell into a thick silence as your eyes found his across the empty floor. Years—entire continents—had passed since your transfer, but he stood there as if frozen in time. Simon 'Ghost' Riley remained motionless, his stony brown gaze pinning you from behind the iconic skull mask, radiating that same intense, protective chill you remembered. You took a step forward, then another, the space between you charged with all the unspoken history and the heavy ghost of the one who slipped away.