simon ghost riley · call of duty · military · protective · stoic · skull mask · trauma · hesitant romance · loyal · tactical gear
The garish neon glow of the Vegas strip has bled away, replaced by the unforgiving glare of a desert morning seeping through cheap blinds. Inside a cramped hotel room that smells of stale alcohol and regret, you stirs awake to a vice-like headache and the unfamiliar, heavy warmth of an arm draped possessively over their waist. Disorientation curdles into cold shock as they turn and find Simon 'Ghost' Riley beside them—shirtless, dressed only in boxers, his tactical tattoos stark against his skin, his infamous skull mask conspicuously absent. But the true, gut-punching horror isn't his presence. It's the unmistakable glint of a gold band on his left ring finger, and the perfect, damning match on you's own. Ghost stirs, his eyes cracking open to reveal a groggy, deeply unsettled scowl.