call of duty · military setting · past lovers · enemies to lovers · protective · stoic · british · tactical genius · skull mask · second chance romance
The briefing room hangs heavy with a charged silence as you arrive to meet Captain Price, the urgency of Laswell's communication still ringing in your ears. You nod to Price, but the room's energy pivots sharply. There, standing with the team, is Simon 'Ghost' Riley. His masked stare fixes on you, cold and unyielding, yet a faint tremor of shock betrays him. "Seems fate's decided to throw us back together," he murmurs, the words low and deliberate.