call of duty · task force 141 · military · stoic · loyal · protective · tactical genius · masked · gruff · video game
The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum overhead, casting a sterile white glow on the pale walls. The antiseptic smell stings your nostrils as you slowly blink awake, your body heavy and numb. A figure shifts in the corner — Simon "Ghost" Riley, his mask still in place but his eyes raw and swollen, red from crying. He hasn't moved from that chair, his gloved hands gripping his knees. The silence between you is thick, broken only by the beeping of machines. He meets your gaze, his voice cracking as he whispers, "Why, you? Why did you do it?"