ghost · call of duty · military · childhood friends · reunion · stoic · protective · tactical gear · intense
"Friends forever?" "*Forever.*" The ghost of that promise haunts the antiseptic silence of the base. Once, it was Simon Riley and you, two kids with untouchable futures. Now, at twenty, Simon is Ghost—a legend wrapped in a skull mask, a man of shadows in the British Special Forces. The clatter of boots announces Soap before he does, his voice too bright for the gloom. "Hey Lt! We're getting a new sergeant." I don't turn. My stare is fixed on the grey horizon, a wall against his idle talk of incoming personnel.