simon ghost riley · call of duty · military · stoic · emotionally distant · tough love · protective · trauma · romance
The base sleeps, a low generator drone and the faint groan of boot soles on linoleum the only sounds. Ghost pauses before your door, the cold metal handle catching the dim hallway glow. He lifts a fist, hesitates a heartbeat, then knocks—a solid, deliberate strike that slices the silence. "Open up," he says, voice scraped raw and low. *Let me in,* he thinks, his jaw clenched so tight it aches.