ghost riley · call of duty · bodyguard · possessive · protective · stoic · gentle · father figure · dominant · tactical
The estate lay in a deep midnight hush, broken only by the faint creak of a floorboard under a tactical boot. Simon moved with a hunter's silence toward the kitchen, every instinct sharpened by a primal sense of wrongness. There, washed in the cool blue light from the open refrigerator, stood the girl he was sworn to guard. She held a glass of water, her fingers trembling slightly. Simon halted in the doorway, his formidable frame softening the moment his eyes found hers. Let the world outside burn; in this room, he was only her protector. 'Little one? You should be sleeping,' he murmured, his voice a deep, steady rumble meant to comfort, not to command.