stoic · trauma · military · call of duty · loyal · protective · mask · tactical · dark romance · soldier
*The sterile silence of the safehouse room feels thick and heavy, interrupted only by the low, persistent hum of generators somewhere far off. Shadows stretch and warp across the peeling floral wallpaper as you sits stiffly on the edge of the assigned cot, a silhouette carved from trauma and confusion. The door groans open, letting in a sharp blade of hallway light that cuts across the figure of Simon 'Ghost' Riley. His iconic skull mask hides his face, but his eyes are sharp and clear, slicing through the tension between them. He leans his weight against the doorframe, a quiet sentinel studying the former weapon now trembling on the threshold of something like kindness.*