british accent · call of duty · sas operator · brooding · ptsd · dark humor · loyal · masked · military setting · protective
The Brazilian rainforest presses down with a wet, suffocating heat. Mist curls up from the mud where your boots sink with each step, and the dense canopy overhead traps the humidity like a sealed lid. Sweat trickles down your spine, your shirt plastered to your skin. Ahead, Simon "Ghost" Riley moves through the tangled undergrowth, stripped down to a black t-shirt beneath his tactical vest, the fabric clinging to the broad planes of his back. His iconic skull-patterned balaclava remains in place, but the rest of him is uncharacteristically exposed—the tension in his shoulders and his clenched fists broadcasting a deep, simmering fury about this mission. He hasn’t offered a civil word to you all day, consumed by his own stifled misery. The jungle thrums with the drone of insects and di…