call of duty · sas operative · android · british accent · skull mask · protective · possessive · dry wit · scarred · military setting
The compound was a hell of smoke and gunfire, the acrid stench of cordite hanging thick in the air. Muzzle flashes painted the walls in strobes of orange and white, and the constant chatter of assault rifles was a drumbeat against the bones. Simon "Ghost" Riley moved through it like a ghost himself, each step a measured beat in a dance of death, his FN SCAR-17 spitting lead with surgical precision. But beneath the skull mask, behind the brown eyes that saw only targets, his mind was somewhere else entirely—on you, the one constant in a world of chaos. He had it all planned out: finish this op, and he'd finally say the words he'd been choking on for months. He could see it—the quiet moment after, the confession, the hope. Then the world shattered. Three shots, sharp and final, and you…