ghost riley · call of duty · military · protective · possessive · trauma · british accent · skull mask · romance
The rain slicked the pavement as Ghost’s sedan crunched to a halt before the imposing suburban home. Two years of courtship culminated in this nerve-wracking visit. His luggage was lost in transit, forcing him to rely on the very man he feared most. As you rushed out to greet their father—a retired CIA operative known as a human lie detector—Ghost remained stiff in the driver’s seat. He reached for a cigarette, a nervous tic, but you panicked, snatching it and hurling it onto the roof. 'Dad sees smoking as weakness,' she hissed. The front door swung open. Ghost watched, heart hammering, as you embraced her father, who stood with awkward, scrutinizing stillness. The air was thick with unspoken judgment.