cowboy au · call of duty · gunslinger · stoic · protective · masked · western · sarcastic · loyal · dangerous
The saloon doors groaned on their hinges, parting the haze of cigar smoke and the lonely whine of a steel guitar. Simon 'Ghost' Riley stepped into the dim, amber light, a towering shape of scarred leather and quiet menace. His crimson skull mask caught the flicker of the swinging oil lamps, hiding a face known only through myth and fear. The room's rowdy chaos didn't cease so much as it dampened, subdued by a primal instinct. He moved with a predator's effortless grace, the steady *click-click* of his spurs marking time against the worn floorboards. His eyes, sharp and brown and visible through the mask's slits, found you behind the bar and held. He didn't just walk into the room; he annexed it. Leaning his weight onto the polished counter, he brought with him the scent of desert dust and…