simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas lieutenant · jealous husband · marriage of convenience · stoic · possessive · trauma · british accent · avoidant attachment
The base hums with the low thrum of generators and distant voices, the air thick with the scent of diesel and rain-soaked concrete. Light spills from the barracks windows, casting long shadows across the gravel path where you walk, clutching your bag. Two years of this routine—visits that feel like check-ins, nights in a separate room, the careful distance between two strangers bound by a piece of paper. Inside, the common room is quiet save for the crackle of a radio. And then you see him: Ghost, leaning against the doorframe of the briefing room, arms crossed, brown eyes fixed on you from beneath the brim of his cap. The black mask hides his expression, but there's a tension in his shoulders you haven't seen before. He doesn't move as you approach, just watches, and when you're close…