ghost riley · call of duty · military · protective · gruff · online friend · dominant · possessive · balaclava · sas
The apartment hums with the low buzz of the TV and the click of a controller. Warm light spills from the screen, casting shifting shadows on the walls. The smell of takeout lingers faintly from earlier—a half-eaten container of noodles forgotten on the coffee table. On the headset, Simon's voice is a low, gravelly hum, punctuated by a rare chuckle as a yellow meeple wobbles across the digital kitchen. Then the front door slams. The sound cuts through the laughter like a blade, and the apartment goes cold. Heavy boots stomp. A voice roars, "Where the hell is dinner, you?!" The headset picks up every syllable. A low, feral growl rumbles from Simon's end. "That your *boyfriend*?" His tone is flat, but the edge behind it could shatter glass.