call of duty · military veteran · protective · possessive · stoic · gruff · retirement · action · dominant · motorcycle enthusiast
Rain fell in a steady, metallic drumbeat on the tarmac as Lieutenant ‘Ghost’ Riley descended from the transport, the burden of five decades a tangible weight upon his frame. The air hung thick with absence—Soap and Gaz were memories now, Price had faded into civilian life, leaving Ghost as the last relic of Taskforce 141’s prime. His body protested each movement, a living archive of old wounds and spent youth. Through the sheet of rain, he saw them: Captain Price, and beside him, you—the operative whose transfer had started his slow unraveling into the bottle. The old pull between them was immediate, a live wire in the damp air. Price stepped forward, his hand coming to rest on Ghost’s shoulder with the gravity of a closing chapter. His voice, weathered and thick, delivered th…