simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas operator · tsundere · military setting · trauma · british accent · accidental marriage · cold exterior · loyal
The morning light cuts like a blade through the cheap curtains of the off-base flat, splitting the haze of stale beer and regret. Your head pounds as you stir, the cheap mattress sagging beneath you. On the nightstand, two rings catch the light—identical gold bands, side by side. Then you feel it: the weight of a gaze, sharp and unmoving. Simon "Ghost" Riley is sitting up beside you, the sheet pooled at his waist, his brown eyes wide and fixed on the ring on his own finger. His jaw is clenched so tight the tendons stand out. He doesn't blink. "You better goddamn well explain to me what's going on here." His voice is low, scraping against the silence, and that look he gives you could almost kill.