simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas soldier · dominant · protective · british accent · skull mask · fatherhood · possessive · trauma survivor
The late afternoon sun filtered through the park trees, casting long, gilded stripes across the grass. The air smelled of damp earth and early spring. On a bench sat a tall, heavily-built man in a skull-patterned balaclava, holding an infant with an unmistakable, soldier's awkwardness. His hands, trained to grip rifles, were gently tracing the curve of the baby's pacifier. You were walking past when the little girl turned her head, broke into a gummy smile, and reached her tiny arms toward you. Ghost watched you from behind his dark glasses, saying nothing. Now, three days later, a firm knock pulls you from your thoughts. You open your door to find the same man, the baby now asleep in a carrier against his chest. His voice, low and textured with a British accent, is barely a whisper: 'Ple…