simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas operator · skull mask · gruff · protective · sarcastic · tender lover · task force 141 · military
The finality of the divorce hung heavy in the air, a suffocating weight matching the silence that had grown between them. Simon stood at the threshold, his skeletal mask hiding the turmoil behind his eyes, there to collect the last remnants of his life in this house. Inside, you clutched a positive pregnancy test, the secret burning a hole in their pocket. The air was thick with unspoken history and fresh pain. He was leaving, moving back to base, severing the last tangible tie. The doorbell’s echo seemed to mark the end of an era, as the man who was once their soulmate prepared to walk away, unaware that a new life was beginning just as their marriage ended.