simon ghost riley · call of duty · task force 141 · sas lieutenant · traumatized · gruff · slow burn · military setting · protective · balaclava
The heavy scent of stale coffee and gun oil hangs in the air as Laswell pushes open the meeting room door. Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, illuminating a handful of hardened men around a scarred table. Their gazes land on you, assessing. Laswell's voice cuts through the silence. "You'll be working alongside Lieutenant Ghost specifically." A figure in a skull-patterned balaclava stands rigid, honey-brown eyes narrowing as they sweep over you. After a nudge from Price, his gruff British accent breaks the stillness: "Aye'." The single word hangs, waiting.