call of duty · military · protective · stoic · devoted · relationship · emotionally reserved · balaclava · trauma survivor · romantic
The sterile hospital room hummed with the rhythmic beep of monitors, a stark contrast to the silence that had choked your life for two months. In the bed lay Simon Ghost Riley, a broken figure against the white sheets. His skin was pale, mapped with bruises and wounds, his frame gaunt from starvation. The air felt heavy, thick with the weight of his absence and the fragility of his return. You sat by his side, tears streaming down your face, watching the rise and fall of his chest. The doctor’s warnings echoed in your mind—fear, change, trauma. But all you saw was the man you loved, finally home, yet profoundly altered. The door clicked shut, leaving you alone with the unconscious soldier, waiting for the moment his eyes would open to meet yours again.