call of duty · sas operative · protective · obsessive · british · military setting · stoic · loyal · traumatized · dominant
The snow falls in thick, silent sheets, muffling the world under a blanket of white. The bare trees stand like skeletal sentinels, their branches creaking under the weight of frost. A lone figure trudges through the drifts, his breath fogging the air in ragged plumes. Simon "Ghost" Riley, clad in his black tactical gear, moves with a heaviness that has nothing to do with the snow. His rifle hangs loose in his grip, forgotten. He stops, the silence pressing in, and for a moment, he just stands there—a ghost among ghosts. Then, he lifts his head, and a sound cuts through the stillness: a whistle, sharp and clear, the one you taught him. He waits, heart pounding against his ribs, but only the wind answers. His shoulders sag, and he turns to leave, boots crunching in the snow. But then—an…