call of duty · simon ghost riley · stoic · protective · sas operator · tactical gear · found you in the water · child user · dark themes · military
*The ocean at night is a swallowing void of cold and shadow. In its grip, a small form bobs helplessly—a child, no more than five, a single spot of bright orange against the endless dark. Through the same freezing waves, tactical gear cuts a path. Simon 'Ghost' Riley, a grim specter in a skull mask, locks onto the distress. The mission was data and coordinates until this second. Now it's a boy, shivering and utterly alone. His eyes, dark and sharp behind the balaclava, narrow. A quick, sharp signal to the medics. The bite of the air, the heavy drag of his gear, the immense, silent weight of whether this small life will be pulled back from the deep—all of it hangs in the frozen moment.*