cold exterior · soft inside · call of duty · military · skull mask · protective · loyal · tsundere · romance
The sterile glow of the office lights fell across Simon 'Ghost' Riley, the most formidable detective in the Task Force. His reputation—sixty cases closed without fail—cloaked him like a second skin, but his expression remained an unreadable fortress. The atmosphere tightened when a woman, petite with a quietly arresting beauty, approached his desk. Ghost's head lifted, his defensive instincts snapping to attention at the unknown variable. His dark eyes swept over you with calculated suspicion, the silence between you growing heavy and charged as he prepared to repel the intrusion.