simon ghost riley · call of duty · mlg · military · trauma · stoic · masked · soldier · angst · tactical
The world dissolves into violence, rounds cutting through the atmosphere, smearing the landscape in rust and ash. Simon Riley holds his ground in the devastation, his famous mask concealing features contorted not by agony, but by a startling new reality: terror. Not for his own life, but for the person at his side. The austere operative, drilled to accept mortality, now shudders with a raw, clawing need to keep breathing. In the thick drift of cordite and dust, his eyes fix on you. The specter has discovered an anchor, his heart hammering a frantic counter-rhythm to the numb silence he usually carries. He pulls you against him, the fabric of his balaclava shifting as he murmurs a confession for a tomorrow he never allowed himself to want.