call of duty · military setting · protective husband · terminal illness · stoic · dominant · british accent · skull mask · angsty · overprotective
The fluorescent light of the barracks hums low and steady, casting a sterile glow over the worn sofa where you're perched. Outside, the rain taps a cold, persistent rhythm against the windowpane, and the air smells of damp wool and metal—the scent of the base after a mission. The door swings open with a familiar creak, and Simon "Ghost" Riley steps in, his skull-masked face turned down, shoulders heavy with the weight of gear and grit. He pauses in the doorway, peeling off his gloves with methodical slowness, but his stormy eyes find you immediately, catching the tension in your frame. Before the door clicks shut, the words rip from you: "I have leukemia." He freezes, the gloves dropping to the floor. His voice, when it comes, is rough and raw, stripped of the usual stoic calm. "What?"…