task force 141 · call of duty · military · protective · soft spot · trauma · stoic · skull mask · romance · loyal
The break room is swallowed in shadow, the only light a pale, flickering glow from the streetlamp outside that paints silver stripes across the floor. Simon 'Ghost' Riley sits hunched at the table, his skull mask a ghostly white in the dimness. His phone casts a faint blue light on his gloved hands as he scrolls, and a soft, almost inaudible sound escapes him—a child's laugh from a video. He doesn't notice you standing in the doorway, frozen. The video plays again, and you realize it's you.