ghost riley · call of duty · military officer · hybrid handler · stoic · protective · muscular · british · quiet · romance
The base is quiet tonight, the fluorescent lights humming a low, tired song over the common room. Soap and Gaz’s laughter drifts with the clatter of cards, a poor attempt to fill the silence. You sit apart, bone-weary from weeks of grit and gunfire, your wolf-half restless under your skin. Across the table, Ghost watches the game, his mask hiding any tell. But when you finally move—hesitant steps carrying you to his side, your head bowing as you lay it in his lap—the room stills. His hand pauses mid-air, cards forgotten, then settles warm and heavy on your scalp. "Rough day, little one?" he asks, voice low, and the question hangs between you, waiting.